Bushcraft Survival Paperback – 10 April 2006

I highly recommend this book to all those with a genuine interest in bush craft and survive techniques. I heartily recommend this book to all scouts and explorer scouts (and leaders) too, it is packed with great advice and is imparted with the clarity that Ray Mears is known for. There is plenty of real knowledge in these pages that a person would be hard pressed to find elsewhere and you would have to be in Ray's calibre to not find something new in these pages. If you come across a copy (as they are increasingly rare nowadays) buy it immediately, in my sincere opinion, you won't regret it.

Ray Mear's engagement with people from around the world who still live in close contact with the earth comes through very strongly. He shows great empathy and respect for these people and has managed to reflect the many skills they have gained over time to survive extreme environments in an easily understood and practical way for those who want to develop woodcraft knowledge themselves. He isn't gung ho in his approach so this may not appeal to the more extreme survivalists but does leave one with a sense of responsibility to the way we interact with our environment. I used the instructions for making bow drills with scouts, this filled a couple of hours where they realised that this isn't as easy as it looks and takes time and skill to get right.

this is a real fantastic book. very well written and easy to follow pictures. ray really knows his stuff and reading this book as given me a good insight to bush crafting as im a newbie . well worth buying for anyone who wants to try camping in the wild. top marks

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Excellently written, great deal to teach reader/greenhorn person about survival. Worth every penny it cost and much more. Sound advises as well as practical tips for all who care to learn to survive in wilderness not only weekender, but permanently.Learn well your own life maybe depend on it and your family. Well done Ray!

If you followed the Ray mears series on television then this book is ideal. It follows the series and is a very pleasant read, i realy wanted a book on his bushcraft but enjoyed the book anyway.

If your after a book to accompany the TV Series, then this IS the book for you.However if your after a book with instructional information about the art of Bushcraft, save your money and don't waste it on this book.Whilst this book was enjoyable to read it was more of a story of Rays travels rather than him passing on his widom an knowledge,A book to read once and not to keep. Disappointing really.

Great book, Got ma gran tae get it fir me when she wis in england. Apparently i've bought it on Amazon but i stil don't hav it 1 year later although every other order has been fine though