Living Wild: The Ultimate Guide to Scouting and Fieldcraft

AUTHOR : Bear Grylls
Category : Sport > Survival >
$45.00 (NZD)  inc GST
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Description

The complete guide to living in the wild from the ultimate survival expert.


Bear Grylls shares the secrets of his years of fieldcraft in the ultimate guide to how to live outdoors.


Learn about:



  • Hidden Dangers - What to look out for; the pitfalls that the seasoned field professional would know to avoid, because danger rarely announces its presence.

  •  Bear’s Secret Scouting Tips - Advice that only someone who has spent extended periods of time living in the wild can offer – lessons learnt the hard way!

  • Real-life Camp-Fire Stories - Short tales, mostly from Special Forces soldiers and past and present explorers, which illustrate the importance of learning from others’ mistakes and good fortunes!

  • Training Exercises - Ways of getting your skills up to scratch before going out into the field. Train hard, fight easy.

  • Improvising in the Field - Sometimes you don’t have the right tools with you. What to do when this happens – necessity is the mother of all invention!


It's all here, from mastering the art of making the perfect campfire and constructing the best camp, to navigating safely through all terrains in all weathers - with or without a map...The only other thing you'll need is this book!

Author description

Bear Grylls served for three years with the British Special Forces - 21 SAS. He is a world-record-breaking adventurer, a bestselling author and one of the world's most sought-after motivational speakers. Bear's prime-time adventure tv series reaches over a bilion viewers worldwide in over 150 countries. He was recently awarded an honorary commission as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy for his endeavours with both adventure and charity. He is married to Shara and they have three sons, Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry.

Stock Information

General Fields

  • : 9781905026654
  • : Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • : Channel 4 Books, a division of Transworld Publishers
  • : May 2010
  • : 234mm X 165mm X 25mm
  • : August 2010
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.)
  • : 256
  • : 796.5
  • : Paperback
  • : Bear Grylls