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98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive |  | Author: Cody Lundin
Creator: Russ Miller
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Category: Book
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Rating:  74 reviews
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1586852345
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.69
EAN: 9781586852344
Publication Date: June 23, 2003
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$14.95 gatefold paper * 1-58685-234-5 * May 6 x 9 in, 192 pp, 70 Line Drawings, 16 Color Photo Pages Rights: W, Survival/Nature "If you breathe and have a pulse, you NEED this book." -Cody Lundin Cody Lundin, director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, shares his own brand of wilderness wisdom in this highly anticipated new book on commonsense, modern survival skills for the backcountry, the backyard, or the highway. It is the ultimate book on how to stay alive-based on the principal of keeping the body's core temperature at a lively 98.6 degrees. In his entertaining and informative style, Cody stresses that a human can live without food for weeks, and without water for about three days or so. But if the body's core temperature dips much below or above the 98.6 degree mark, a person can literally die within hours. It is a concept that many don't take seriously or even consider, but knowing what to do to maintain a safe core temperature when lost in a blizzard or in the desert could save your life. Lundin delivers the message with wit, rebellious humor, and plenty of backcountry expertise. Cody Lundin and his Aboriginal Living Skills School have been featured in dozens of national and international media sources, including Dateline NBC, CBS News, USA Today, The Donny and Marie Show, and CBC Radio One in Canada, as well as on the cover of Backpacker magazine. When not teaching for his own school, he is an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute. Cody is the only person in Arizona licensed to catch fish with his hands, and lives in a passive solar earth home sixty miles from Prescott, Arizona.
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Book order review August 25, 2010
J. Hansel (Austin, TX)
The book was sent quickly and is in great shape, however there is a VERY STRONG tobacco smell that seems to be inbedded on the paper. Other then that all was well.
Decent book with some distractions August 6, 2010
Tactical Tradecraft (Arizona)
98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin turned out to be a pretty informative book despite the fact that I originally didn't want to like it. Cody obviously has excellent survival skills as he has been living and teaching these skills successfully for over two decades. But, there is just an annoying factor about Cody that is difficult for me to get past. This feeling is only made worse by seeing Cody on the show Dual Survival. After reading this book, and judging the book only by the content and not my personal feeling about Cody, I must say the book is worth reading.
The premise of this book is that you have to stay alive for 72 hours until search and rescue has an opportunity to find you. Cody's main philosophy is regulation of body temperature to maintain a temperature of 98.6 degrees to avoid either hypothermia (being too cold) or hyperthermia (being too hot). In order to accomplish this goal of temperature regulation one must dress appropriately and drink adequate amounts of water to stay hydrated. There is in depth information on how the body cools itself and how it can become over heated.
Cody goes over survival psychology in depth by discussing the psychological and physiological responses to fear. This is an incredibly important topic that is not discussed in a lot of survival books other than by saying, "never give up." Unfortunately, I didn't feel that Cody provided a very organized section on this topic and he could have provided better examples. To get an extremely in depth education on the psychological and physiological responses to stress and fear read On Combat by Dave Grossman.
Great information is provided on proper planning of outings even if it is "just a day hike", along with proper clothes to wear for hot and cold environments. There is a detailed section of what Cody carries as his gear and why. I think that even experienced individuals will pick up good survival information from this book.
There are a few things about the book that I didn't like such as:
- Use of too much lingo that makes him come across like a dumb hippy
- The pictures are infantile and distracting
- Too many bad attempts at humor which did not come across as funny
- Too many references that bash America and Americans as being dumb, fat, lazy, and over reliant on technology and comfort. I can really do without such bad mouthing of America!
Overall, there is a lot of good information in the book if you can get past some of the distractions that I pointed out. I would recommend reading this book.
 The survival hippie........ August 5, 2010
CaptainMoroni
This book has some nuggets in it, and is fun to read. But the first 25% deals with mental issues, I could have done without this `self help' bit. Some of the advise is useful, other tips are no good. For example according to Cody one could easily fast during a survival situation, and very much promotes this(I have firsthand experience with this in cold climates...). Duct tape solves all problems in this world..... Also he recommends certain types of gear such as carrying a knife or a flashlight, but does not go into the different types and options available. He talks about the importance of map reading and first aid skills, but does not explain how this is to be done or refer you to places where you can actually get training (the Red cross for example). Other information is very incomplete such as on fire making or purifying water. Towards the end of the book he devotes a chapter on the virtues of Synephrine(aka Stackers) ( illegal in most countries) and other performance enhancing drugs, which in my opinion is very inappropriate and dangerous.
great book August 1, 2010
Francis D. Silveira (TN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
really good book, i liked the Les Stroud one better but this was a good book.
Good book July 23, 2010
Ricardo Daniel Delgado
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Should be required reading. Cody Lundin isnt a great arthur but he still wrote a great book. The main goal in the book is to teach u the mindset needed to survive long enough to find help if disaster strikes, which I feel he does a great job.
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