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Water and Fire Survival Handbook: Your Guide to Providing Safe Drinking Water and Starting a Campfire with Various Methods
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ISBN10: 1510788433
ISBN13: 9781510788435
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781510788435
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A practical, empowering guide to mastering water and fire--the two essential survival skills in the outdoors
New York Times bestselling author and survival expert Timothy MacWelch delivers an authoritative, field-tested guide to securing safe drinking water and building reliable fire in almost any environment. Drawing on decades of experience, MacWelch shows readers how to locate and collect water, disinfect unsafe sources, prevent contamination, and store water when every drop counts. Because fire and water are inseparable in survival, this essential handbook also covers both modern and primitive fire-starting methods--from matches, lighters, and ferro rods to friction fires, flint and steel, and solar ignition--along with fuel selection, fire maintenance, and fire safety. Readers will learn:
New York Times bestselling author and survival expert Timothy MacWelch delivers an authoritative, field-tested guide to securing safe drinking water and building reliable fire in almost any environment. Drawing on decades of experience, MacWelch shows readers how to locate and collect water, disinfect unsafe sources, prevent contamination, and store water when every drop counts. Because fire and water are inseparable in survival, this essential handbook also covers both modern and primitive fire-starting methods--from matches, lighters, and ferro rods to friction fires, flint and steel, and solar ignition--along with fuel selection, fire maintenance, and fire safety. Readers will learn:
- How to locate water on any landscape
- Effective ways to collect precipitation
- Traditional and modern water disinfection techniques
- How to find the necessary fuels to start fires
- The best ways to use modern fire ignition methods, like ferrocerium rods and lighters
- Primitive fire starting methods like the bow drill, flint and steel, and the bamboo fire saw
- How to maintain a fire once it's established and how to make sure it's out when you are done
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