Why didn’t I read this book 15 years ago. The other night I stumbled across my old Boy Scout Handbook which I last read in 1999. The detail this book goes into is impressive; some tips it illustrates can be seen in wilderness shows like Man Vs Wild and Survivor Man. These kind of shows have experts teaching the public how to exist off the land and persevere in the wild. Here I thought their skills could only be acquired over years of military training just to find out it’s in my Boy Scouts of America Handbook the whole time. How many man out there were in the Boy Scouts and went throw the system, did the badges, worked the way up the ladder but didn’t really absorbing what was taught, or even read the book 100% throw. I’m starting to wish I would have and am thinking it’s not to late.
Just looking over the knots chapter, I’ve used 80% of them in the last year alone. Right now I’m CPR/AED and basic First-Aid certified and the First Aid chapter in the handbook teaches a lot of this information plus more. Looking over this book is almost a realization of what was missed and the ignorance we all once had. I’m going to start reading this book in detail wile practicing the techniques taught in it. Something that should have been done decade ago.
American Men 