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Ask the Survival Guru
Survival Guru Tony Nester
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Ask the Survival Guru

Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
The New Rules of Survival
The New Rules of Survival
Vital new lessons on coming out of the worst the world can throw at you.

Test Your Survival IQ
Test Your Survival IQ
In many survival situations it's up to you to save yourself. Think you're ready. Click here.

Anatomy of a Rescue
Anatomy of a Rescue
You can learn a lot by dissecting past search and rescue operations.

The Best Adventure Biographies
The Best Adventure Biographies
We rank the best books on the kings of adventure, survival, and discovery.

Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain
Ambush and treachery are constant threats for the American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.

Scott Macartney
Flat
After a high-speed crash at Kitzbuhel, American downhiller Scott Macartney is plotting a comeback.

Survival Stories and Wilderness Mysteries
The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Lucky
The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Lucky
Brace yourself for 12 of the hairiest survival stories ever told—and the life-saving tips you can learn from them.

They Will Survive
They Will Survive
We combed through vast libraries of lore to find ten more unforgettable, nearly unbelievable great escapes. Brace yourself.

Let the Bad Times Roll
Let the Bad Times Roll
In the tales of calamity that follow, our 13 unlucky writers hold forth on their personal odysseys into the land of nightmares.

Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries
Sure, the wilderness is beautiful. But it can also frighten you out of your mind.

Cold Cases
Cold Cases
It's with sinister pleasure that we bring you 13 tales of unrighteous deeds, inexplicable vanishings, and supernatural weirdness.

The Classics
Into The Wild
Into The Wild
Jon Krakauer's classic explores how Christopher McCandless lost his way.

Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air
A survivor Mt. Everest's worst disaster examines the business of the mountain and the steep price of ambition.

Aron Ralston
Trapped
An excerpt from Aron Ralston's book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

Miracle in the Andes
The Long Way Home
An excerpt from Nando Parrado's book, Miracle in the Andes.

The Storm
The Storm
Sebastian Junger's epic tale of the six men aboard the Andrea Gail.

I, Nature Boy
I, Nature Boy
And other divinations from Tom Brown's Tracking, Nature, and Wilderness Survival School.