I havent been as 3 star this book and I think this is mainly due to the translation of the title, which is confusing. The original title is "pocket survival guide" suggesting a guide quon takes on oneself to hopeless situations while the French title leaves rather think of learning the hike. This seventh edition between. Practicing walking since almost 35 years, I'm mostly bought me this guide to improve my practice and to discover new stuff. This guide covers all the interesting points in the chapters that compose it: 1. Prepare 2. Leaving 3. adapt 4. Sorienter 5. Heal 6. Sabriter 7. Heat 8. Salimenter 9. Get Ugly I am missing two chapters in this book first on modern means of the practice of hiking. We do not treat GPS, heart rate monitor, Unit-digital camera or smartphone. Yet all these new devices are revolutionizing the practice of hiking and add a lot to the safety when used correctly. The second chapter I miss being that of lentrainement. I think nobody narrivera to light a fire with a bow fire starter the first time. Jai also noted some points that require updated: CPR is no longer practiced by the protocol described in this book. That said, this is better than nothing. The author also advocates to keep his matches dry to use a photo film type box. I do not know if it still speaks to everyone, but my fear is the difficulty of finding a box like that today. Another little nod. If you carefully follow the lists of pharmaceuticals and equipment to take a hike, you'll start with a very heavy bag. I think to start, folding shovel and ax are not essential. Especially if you do not know how to use. In short, this is a very good guide, but you will need other advice if you start hiking. Despite my criticism may seem harsh, I have still learned many important points with this guide. The most important being that someone should always know what you will do as hiking to trigger the aid in case of no return. Enjoy reading.
