Review: Good Introductory Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2013
Hiking Survival Guide: Basic Survival Kit and Necessary Survival Skills to Stay Alive in the Wilderness by Conrad Blake is a basic book that has useful information. I do a lot of hiking and I always take a fairly comprehensive survival kit with me. While the information presented in this book is good it is also very basic. For example, it doesn't cover different environments that you may hike in such as mountain vs. desert. Depending on your location you may want to carry different items in your survival kit. A general list of items are covered that you should include in your basic survival kit and Blake even provides specific recommendations for products that he like to carry and use. A lot of books leave out specific recommendations and keep the information very general. I like that he provides the names of specific products. And while I don't carry some of the specific products that the author recommends most of them are definitely good choices to use. As with any kit that you build it is important to individualize it to your specific needs.Overall Assessment:Hiking Survival Guide: Basic Survival Kit and Necessary Survival Skills to Stay Alive in the Wilderness by Conrad Blake is a good introductory book on building your hiking kit. I cannot tell you the amount of times that I see hikers who fail to bring anything with them to include water! This book will provide you a good starting point for building your kit.