Synopses & Reviews
By living a normal, boring life, you have an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the list of leading causes of death. Of course, the process can be accelerated a bit by forgoing exercise, eating lots of fat, smoking, drinking heavily (not water), and worrying. Buck Tilton prefers to ponder the alternatives. In
How to Die in the Outdoors, he presents 110 far more interesting and unique ways to perish, from such intriguing scenarios as snake bite, elephant foot, walrus tusk, and rhino horn.
In a straightforward style, with easy-to-understand terms and all laced with his trademark wit, Tilton describes not only the details of how you can die—some intriguingly gory, yet all based (more or less) on facts—but also ways to avoid death should a life-threatening situation arise before youre ready to leave this world for whatever afterlife there might be.
Synopsis
This book does not suggest you should quit reading it and enter the outdoors seeking death. If you keep reading, you will actually discover things you can do to avoid ending up in the obituary column via these 100 interesting ways...or maybe you want to leave behind a fascinating tale!
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
Contains 110 interesting ways to go, from our renowned outdoors doctor-storyteller Buck Tilton.
About the Author
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 Presss how-to Knack imprint, including Knack Hiking and Backpacking. He teaches for the Wilderness Medicine Institute at the National Outdoor Leadership School.
Table of Contents
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