The author has been an outdoors person most all his life. Twenty three years in the military saw him take part in hundreds of survival situations and more than 17 formal schools. He has traveled the world in every kind of condition and land feature fine tuning his skills. Now retired he can be found in many campgrounds and woods across the country feet up around a camp fire swapping sea stories and camp tails with many good old friends. The source of the information in his book came from these sources.