How to Die in the Outdoors
Falcon Guides (Verlag)
978-0-7627-5410-6 (ISBN)
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By living a normal, boring life like most people do, one has an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the proverbial list of the leading causes of death. Of course, the process can be accelerated a bit by eating lots of fat, giving up exercise, smoking, drinking heavily (not water), and worrying. Buck Tilton prefers to ponder the alternatives. In How to Die in the Outdoors, he presents us with 110 far more interesting and unique ways to perish: snake bite, elephant foot, walrus tusk, rhino horn, and many, many more. In a straightforward style laced with his trademark wit, and presented in easy to understand terms, Tilton describes not only the details of how one can die, some intriguingly gory and all based—more or less—on facts, but also the ways to avoid death should life-threatening situations arise in which one is not ready to check out of this world and into whatever afterlife there may be.
Buck Tilton, a wilderness medicine expert, is a columnist for Backpacker magazine. His many FalconGuides, which include Wilderness First Responder and Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, have sold more than 100,000 copies combined. He is also the author of two books under The Globe Pequot Press’s how-to imprint Knack, including Knack Hiking and Backpacking. He teaches for the Wilderness Medicine Institute at the National Outdoor Leadership School.
1 Attacked by Alligator 2 Altitude: Too High to Handle 3 Anaconda: The Hug of Death 4 Annihilated by Army Ants 5 Abused by Avalanche 6 Bagged by Barracuda 7 Bombarded by Bee 8 Buffaloed by Bison 9 Butchered by Black Bear 10 Beaten by Black Widow 11Baffled by Bouga Toad 12 Blasted by Buffalo 13 Bullied by Bull Shark 14 Chewed by Camel 15 Canned by Candiru 16 Croaked by Cane Toad 17 Carved Up by Cannibal 18 Cornered by Cape Hunting Dogs 19 Capped by Carbon Monoxide 20 Castrated by Cassowary 21 Censured by Centipede 22 Cheated by Choking 23 Sunk by Ciguatera 24 Captured by Giant Clam 25 Clobbered by Cobra 26 Conenose Bug: The Kiss of Death 27 Conked by Cone Shell 28 Cramped by Constipation 29 Corralled by Coral Snake 30 Consumed by Cougar 31 Cracked by Crab 32 Crunched by Crocodile 33 Cursed by Curare 34 Deadly Nightshade: The Big Sleep 35 Drained by Diarrhea 36 Ended by Earthquake 37 Electric Eel: The Shocking Truth 38 Eliminated by Elephant 39 Finalized by Frog 40 Fooled by Frozen Water 41 Flattened by Funnel-Web Spider 42 Held Up by Gila Monster 43 Grabbed by Gorilla 44 Gobbled by Great White Shark 45 Gutted by Grizzly 46 Hammered by Hammerhead 47 Hung Up on Hantavirus 48 Heat Stroke: Too Hot to Handle 49 Hassled by Helminth 50 Harrassed by Hippopotamus 51 Hounded by Hyena 52 Hypothermia: The Big Chill 53 Jumped by Jellyfish 54 Jimsonweed: The Big Trip 55 Killed by Killer Whale 56 Kreamed by Komodo Dragon 57 Latched Onto by Leech 58 Leaped On by Leopard 59 Laid Low by Leptospirosis 60 Lit Up by Lightning 61 Lunched On by Lion 62 Licked by Lyme Disease 63 Manhandled by Mamba 64 Misguided by Manchineel 65 Mangled by Man-of-War 66 Massacred by Moccasin 67 Muffled by Monkshood 68 Messed Up by Moose 69 Murdered by Mosquito 70 Misled by Mushroom 71 Outwitted by Octopus 72 Offed by Oleander 73 Obliterated by Ostrich 74 Partaken Of by Piranha 75 Put Away by Plague 76 Pulverized by Polar Bear 77 Poisoned by Puffer Fish 78 Quenched by Quicksand 79 Ravaged by Rabies 80 Ripped by Rattlesnake 81 Ruined by Recluse 82 Rubbed Out by Red Tide 83 Wrecked by Rhinoceros 84 Stung by Scorpion 85 Screwed by Screwworm Fly 86 Snuffed by Scuba 87 Savaged by Seal 88 Silenced by Sea Snake 89 Slain by Siberian Tiger 90 Swallowed by Sperm Whale 91 Felled by Spotted Fever 92 Squished by Squid 93 Stunned by Stonefish 94 Suffocated by Submersion 95 Terrified by Taipan 96 Tampered With by Tapir 97 Trapped by Tetanus 98 Torn Apart by Tiger Shark 99 Twisted by Tornado 100 Tricked by Trichinosis 101 Tucked In by Tsetse Fly 102 Tswept Away by Tsunami 103 Tortured by Tularemia 104 Vanquished by Vampire Bat 105 Vaporized by Volcano 106 Wasted by Walrus 107 Wiped Out by Warthog 108 Water Hemlock: Tea for Tomb 109 Wilted by West Nile 110 Withered by Wildfire
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2009 |
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| Illustrationen | Robert Prince |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 12 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7627-5410-9 / 0762754109 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7627-5410-6 / 9780762754106 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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