Wilderness Survival: Mountain Lakes (sample clips) with Thomas J. Elpel

With little more than a flint & steel kit and a copper drinking cup, Thomas J. Elpel and daughter Cassie trek five miles back into the Rocky Mountains for a few days of fishing, fun, and survival living. Among the spectacular lakes and mountain peaks, they demonstrate all of the skills required to meet their basic needs, including: Shelter: Rock and log shelter with a fire. Fire: Flint & Steel Kit + Making char cloth. Water: Drinking from mountain streams. Edible Plants: Wild onions and glacier lilies. Meat: Mountain Suckers-fishing by hand, snagging by hook, plus fishing laws. Cooking: Cooking fish on hot coals, plus steaming wild vegetables in a stone oven. Tools: Tin can knives, plus forging the nail knife and making a pine bark pot. Mountain Lakes. ISBN: 1-892784-22-X. July 2003. Full Version: 104 minutes. Order through www.HOPSPress.com