SURVIVAL.... A more complex subject than first meets the eye.... My Co-Author and I do not intend that this Book be looked to as a survival manual.... We share these SURVIVAL experiences with our Readers in the hope that the next generation of Mtn-Folk will find encouragement in these pages.... May they be motivated to learn from our successes.... And our mistakes Above all else.... We encourage our Readers to follow the "Better Safe THan Sorry" course of action.... Lest their inexperience place them in life-threatening situations.... With tragic consequences Wilderness is not obliged to give us second chances.... Be prepared.... Be careful and in the company of an experienced partner.... Be safe HAPPY TRAILS About the Author: Duane Arthur Ose was born and raised in Minnesota. He enlisted in the army in 1964 at the age of twentyone and spent one of his three years of service in Korea as a US Army engineer. Duane met Rena, his second wife, through the mail-order bride system, and she moved to the Alaskan homestead to live in a holein the ground (called a dugout) for nine years while she and Duane built their three-story log home. They live off the land for the most part, gardening, using solar power, and trapping. (Rena does the skinning.) Duane is a survival expert, skilled at living and thriving under extreme conditions. A sought-after public speaker, Duane gives presentations on rural living, homesteading, survival, Alaskan living, and the art of dowsing. He is also the author of Alaskan Wilderness Adventure: Join Duane and His Son Daniel on a Journey Deep in the Alaskan Wilderness in Search of Finding a New Home.