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98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive

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There is sooo much important information in this book, and it is a highly enjoyable read. One of the best purchases I've made on Amazon for sure. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

There are hundreds of survival books out there. HEY - Buy them all but read this one 1st. Its Fun loving , but no nonsense approach to that first 78 hour of a crisis is great. As a outdoor skills trainer and all around outdoor knock about , I'm going to steal a lot of the advice in this book. Well it won't be stealing cuz I know it all anyway. Get this Book!!!!!!!
Budd Mac
Iron Pine Outfitters

I've Read them all and this one is the best. Any one who has anything negative to say (whiners) is just a jealous fool. Cody Lundin has been there, done that and wrote a book about it, and I'm glad he did. This is the manual YOU read BEFORE you leave. ! I created my own survival kit using all the Items that the Author himself uses. While I was hundreds of miles from civilization I never once said "Gee I wish I had..." The book helped me maintain a positive attitude when everything went wrong one day during my weeks alone in the woods. I stayed healthy both mentally and physicaly Thanks to my new positive attitude of "Party ON !"

Thank you Mr. Lundin !

Great to have all this information contained in a book one can refer back to, rather than scattered notes and handouts. Highly recommended by many survival experts, both "primitive" and modern philosophies.

We live our lives supported and encased in artificial buildings and cars and have forgotten the basics of keeping alive. Cody Lundin reminds us that we are still encased in bodies that need special care and that "the wilderness" is right outside your window. I thought I knew a lot of this stuff, but Cody refreshed me on the basics and the details in a simple, direct, humorous, and easy to read style. This is a no nonsense book. You don't need to buy a lot of fancy equipment. Cody encourages you to first, use your head, wise advice in any situation. I'm distributing this book to the teenagers in my family and my 83 year old dad.

I had high hopes for this book but was very dismayed after reading it. Despite the author's attempt at over-the-top humor and cute buzzwords, much of the information seems derivative like it was cut and pasted from other survival books I've read before. Having worked as a lead instructor for many years for NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School), I was rather disappointed to see another book that will fill the reader with bad information. I would recommend Davenport's books on survival or any by Ray Mears- both of whom have real-life experience with the skills they write about.

I just got back from spending some time with Cody and others out in Arizona at a primative skills gathering and picked up his book there. I attended a class he taught and my wife attended two others. I read his book on the way back home and found it to be a refreshing presentation on a age old problem, survival. Now I am picking out what things must stay in my survival kit and what must go. Living in the middle of the country it is hard to not pick up at least some of the items at "the evil Store" luckily I still wear shoes so they don't stop me at the door. Party On Cody

I haven't completely read this book to give it a total recommendation, but then again, I don't think I have too...

Throw out all the dry & aged military and boy scout books...this is the one to read AND remember...

Great illustrations and layout enable readers to actually remember the important parts of this book (which by the way is ALL OF IT, since we're dealing with YOUR life here...)

Don't this let book pass you by...even if your just a simple day-hiker....

This book was a complete waste of my money. Way too much philosophy and theory on why/how the body gets hypothermic and so on with hardly any skills on how to survive. The author's ego was a little too much at times as well. Can't believe he rattled on for hundreds of pages to the point of utter redundancy. Not to mention the sexist drawings of buxom women which were offensive. Ridiculous book!