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  • Life Under Open Skies: Adventures in Bushcraft

  • By: Tony Nester
  • Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
  • Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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Life Under Open Skies: Adventures in Bushcraft

By: Tony Nester
Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
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Summary

Inspired by over 25 years of practicing and teaching bushcraft throughout North America, survival instructor Tony Nester recounts backcountry tales of nomadic adventures using traditional skills that have faded from the modern world.

Laced with humor, insight, and nerve-wracking encounters with wildlife, sandstorms, flash floods, brutal cold, and unpredictable clients, Life Under Open Skies reveals a rare look into the often misunderstood world of survival. Chapters include:

Bare Bones Survival

Guardian

Flash Flood!

Survival Is All in Your Perspective

Cold

A Five Scorpion Night

KUYI

The Cave Where Tom Lived

Gramps

A Tale of Two Countries

Nightmare on Elm Creek

A Real Man

Ground Tales

Cowboy Tough

Bake

Chill

Repeat

Gift of the Deer

The Amazing Cowpie Firestarting Technique

Three Dog Night

When Yucca Was King

Al Sieber: Master of Bushcraft

The Schism Between Worlds

About the author: Tony Nester is the author of numerous books and DVDs on survival. His school, Ancient Pathways, is the primary provider of survival training for the military Special Operations community, and he has served as a consultant for the NTSB, FAA, Travel Channel, NY Times, Backpacker Magazine, and the film Into the Wild. For years he wrote a popular monthly column for Outside Magazine, and his freelance writing is frequently featured in numerous print publications.

©2015 Tony Nester (P)2015 Tony Nester
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Awesome bushcraft stories

I’ve listened to this book roughly 5 times now and I absolutely love it, I can honestly drift away and imagine being on some bushcraft adventure with Tony as he’s sitting there telling you in great detail the unfolding events from one incredible personal account to the next. If you at all have a love for the outdoors, bushcraft, camping, adventure or survival then this is definitely a book worth getting, this isn’t a how to guide or survival book but more the life of someone who has spent their life doing such things, it really is worth a try!

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Enjoyable and informative

Really enjoyed this man's account. Even if you're not a bushcrafter, I would recommend it, because it is really entertaining, and told with a refreshing lack of hubris... Definitely recommend it.

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Read out by Microsoft text to voice. Very robotic. Just terrible. I couldn't focus on the story.

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