One can only hope never to face the many life-threatening dangers and just plain annoyances that journalist, pilot, and outdoorswoman Mary Ames warns about in this how-to-stay-alive reference that is
One can only hope never to face the many life-threatening dangers and just plain annoyances that journalist, pilot, and outdoorswoman Mary Ames warns about in this how-to-stay-alive reference that is both useful and entertaining. You'll learn... what to do if you find yourself in the path of an oncoming avalanche... what to do if your bush pilot keels over at the controls with a heart attack... how to forge a river without a boat... how to drive on ice... how to get your frozen car started... what supplies to take that could keep you alive if you're lost or stranded in the wilderness... to name just a few uniquely Alaskan hazards that you might face.
Mary Ames set off for a life of adventure at 17. She hitchhiked around the Lower 48, and when that got old, she hopped freight trains. She avoided the paved path to college by picking vegetables in the fields of California, Waitressing, tending bar, trapping, hunting, fishing, cleaning houses, planting trees, working as a physical therapy aid and teaching children to swim. When her body started to give out, she returned to college and emerged with a degree in journalism. She lives in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley. She has survived life in Alaska, in the Bush, in Fairbanks and Southcentral since May, 1985.
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