Switch off your computer game, step outside and learn how to:

Plot a map

Make a weather-proof shelter

Navigate using the stars

Leave tracking signals for others to follow

Bake high-energy survival biscuits

Take inspiration from the experts - find out how the SAS approach survival andhow the Bedouin survive with barely any water. There are also plenty of inspiring true life stories.

Read this book and you'll be prepared for any eventuality!

There are 144 pages in this book. This is a guide book. This book was published 2010 by Pan Macmillan .

Mike Flynn is a keen trekker and climber and has first-hand knowledge of the techniques explained in this book. He has written for THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2007 and is the author of EMERGENCY PLANET EARTH: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL. He also writes for many of the Science Museum's exhibitions.