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| 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive | 
 enlarge | Author: Cody Lundin
Creator: Russ Miller
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $10.46
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 3960
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1586852345
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.69
EAN: 9781586852344
ASIN: 1586852345
Publication Date: June 23, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 Solid Experience April 11, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a book written from solid experience, the greatest teacher in a back woods situation. After having spent two years guiding in one of the harshest climates on the East Coast, I can say I greatly appreciate Thor-Hippy's book. Read this book. Buy it used. Borrow it from a friend. Join a library. Steal it from Borders. But read this book!
Great book... March 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been reviewing survival books for my local library and find this one to be one of the best. It is geared toward the average person who does not often need to worry about survival, camps out of their trunk, and does not go out in the wild all that often. It is a manual that shows you how to stay alive for 72 hours (the time in which most rescues are done) although I am sure if you practiced these arts you would stay alive much longer.
The idea is to keep yourself from not panicking, not over heating or freezing, keeping hydrated, letting rescuers know how to save you, and using your survival kit to keep you alive in the mean time.
The book is funny, light hearted, serious when it needs to be and filled with good advice and pictures.
I think, for the average joe - this is a great book and introduction into survival. If you want something more in depth - try the SAS Survival Handbook - but that type of depth was not the purpose of 98.6 Degrees.
 gotta read before you backpack March 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've backpacked and hiked for some years now. Nothing dramatic like Mt. Hood in the Winter but big enough to get in trouble a few times. So a lot of what the author says is not new to me. It was worth re-thinking some of these things, though. A lot of things, however, were new and extremely useful. I feel I am a creative person but a number of times the author had a way better idea of how to deal with some issues. Let me just mention the yellow tape wrapping - remember how often you can not find something at low light? Well, invest 30 seconds at home and wrap the handle with yellow tape and you'll see how little light you'll need to find it. That's the kind of advice Cody gives. He is not trying to make me a 18th century fur trapper in Alaska. He just provides core info on survival and a lot of pointers on how to AVOID getting into unwanted situations. I loved his advice and I actually re-read the book recently after 3 years.
Thanks Cody.
KSK
Skewers Many a Sacred Cow About Wilderness Survival... February 24, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book works for many reasons:
1. Unlike alot of wilderness survival books that are cut and paste jobs from military manuals, Cody's book is funny, entertaining, and highly readable while remaining on topic-hence the info conveyed will stay with you.
But don't be fooled by the gonzo approach. Cody knows what he's talking about. The first few chapters about maintaining core body temperature should probably be read more than once.
2. Cody covers the base essentials: wear proper clothing, maintain core body temperature, and prepare for the 72-hour survival window. Learning how to snare a deer, while fun, with your boot string probably won't come into play during most wilderness survival ordeals. (I did actually learn how to do this at a survival course in Virginia.)
And here's the statistical bottomline of Cody's overall philosophy: if you aren't located in the first 72 hours, your chance of survival and rescue drops to 3%. Of course this doesn't mean you give up, but that's the statistical reality.
3. Cody devotes a substantial part of the book on how to build a personal survival kit. I really like his approach: the kit should be portable and cheap; hence, you can build several, test them beforehand, easily replace items, and become intimately familiar with them. No need to buy a $120 Doug Ritter Survival Knife or $150 Delta Life Capsule unless you have money to burn or are a survival gear junkie like me.
4. And let me say one last thing...military manuals written about survival should be taken with a grain of salt; in a survival situation, your goal should be to stay loud and visible until found; in the military, even in a survival situation, our goal is to remain invisible and undetected until rescued; usually with the aid of radio and satellite.
My new reference book February 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I believe Cody gives great advise in this book. A must read for "newbies". Most of the book was a "review" of things I believe are common sense, but again, I learned (and "refreshed") some critical information. One example: Page 157 states butane lighters don't work when they are cold. In the past, I would test the lighter at home and it worked fine. I would get to camp, pull one out of the "cold" backpack, and the thing wasn't working. Now I know I should keep it warm in my pocket. That one sentence changed my view of the lighter. Read this book with an open mind and you might just learn something. It will be my reference book until I find something better. That's my 2cents. Party on!
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