Les Stroud's Book

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Please disregard if this has already been posted, but I just saw this last night at my local independent bookstore. I didn't know he was working on a book.

I thumbed through it rather quickly as I had to get home to make dinner, but it seemed pretty good. I didn't see any glaring errors. Had much on practical skills (but no real deep discussion on knives); pretty well rounded. Seemed like almost all the photographs were taken from his show, but that's alright.

Anyway, just wondered what others (who might have had a more thorough look at it thought).

Take care,
Brome
 
There was a thread but it died pretty quickly, I would be interested as well to hear what people who already have the book think !
 
Just picked it up myself, haven't had a chance to read it yet.

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i like this book better then tom brown and sas everything is more practical skills pick it up great book
 
I have it in my big amazon order, should be here next week.
I wonder if bear will write one? Or did he already?
 
Bugger. I was going to order this the next time I placed an order at Amazon. Did that yesterday and forgot about this :grumpy:

I'll have to try and find it locally and pay the extra.
 
I started the original thread.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596317

I'm about half-way through it. I like it so far. Easy to read, sprinkled with anecdotes. It has a very good section on the psychology of survival, fire-making and what should be in a decent survival kit. For all those wondering Les recommends a multi-tool and a sturdy fixed blade as his tools of choice, along with a folding saw.:D
 
Liam Ryan said:
I wonder if bear will write one? Or did he already?
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Bear has written several books, including one published in April. This is taken from his Wikipedia entry:

"Grylls' first book, titled Facing Up, went into the UK top 10 best-seller list, and was launched in the USA entitled The Kid Who Climbed Everest. Its subject is his expedition, at 23 years old, to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. The book details the climb, from his first reconnaissance climb on which he fell in a crevasse and was knocked unconscious, regaining consciousness to find himself swinging on the end of a rope, to the grueling ascent that took him over ninety days of extreme weather, sleep deprivation and almost running out of oxygen inside the death zone.

Grylls' second book Facing the Frozen Ocean was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2004, it describes how, with a team of five men, he completed the first unassisted crossing of the frozen North Atlantic, Arctic Ocean in a rigid inflatable boat (RIB). He was awarded an Honorary commission in the Royal Navy, as a Lieutenant-Commander for this feat.

A book was also written to accompany the series Born Survivor: Bear Grylls. It was published under the same title as the television series, featuring survival skills learned from some of the world's most hostile places. This book reached the Sunday Times Top 10 best-seller list.

In April 2008, Grylls published an accompanying book to the Man vs. Wild Discovery television show. The book is filled with survival tips from the TV show.

He has a series of children's adventure survival books out titled: 'Mission Survival: Gold of the Gods', and 'Mission Survival: Way of the Wolf'.

His latest book is an extreme guide to outdoor pursuits, titled: 'Bear Grylls' book of Great Outdoor Adventures. "

Say what you like, the man is making the green . . .:rolleyes:
 
I would read Bears books, I like the guy but his TV show is just too much of a circus.
They can't be bad books if they did that well.
The survival books for children is a great idea.
 
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