Life Under Open Skies: Adventures in Bushcraft

By: Tony Nester

Narrated by: Jack Chekijian

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

Open Skies

Jack Cherkijian is the perfect narrator for this book.I was actually expecting a book about travel but I was happily surprised.The 'adventures' are true stories of preppers.I found it interesting for the most part.I was given this book free for an honest review.

bushcraft!

good listen! a lot of great stories. bushcraft awesome, wish I could build all the things the author describes.

Eye opening...

This book is an eye opener about adventures in the wilderness and how to survive them. This is a short non fiction and I even learned several things. One of the most important things I learned is if there is no water, you can't eat (unless it's apples) without making you more dehydrated. I didn't know that. While the book is quite good, I didn't love it.

The author, Tony Nester does a great job on his story of survival during his adventures. The narrators, Jack Chekijian did an awesome job delivery this book to us.

*** I received this audio book as a gift in exchange for a honest and unbiased review of my thoughts on it. These are my own words and my own opinion. ***

Interesting

Interested in survival? Read this book. It's a behind-the-scenes look at a real survivalist, that starts with his experiences in boy scouts, and chronicles a lifetime of living in nature with minimal gear. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, but it's real and raw. The narrator did a great job with it. I received this book,as a gift, in exchange for an honest review.

excellent

A wonderful tall of wilderness living and Bushcraft. The book was really great to listen to i found myself sitting in the car till the capter was over.

Tony Nester

Where does Life Under Open Skies: Adventures in Bushcraft rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This was the first Bushcraft book I've listened to that the author was an obvious pro/ teacher.

What other book might you compare Life Under Open Skies: Adventures in Bushcraft to and why?

Most other good books are instructionals, this is his story of his growing up and as a teacher in Bushcraft and survival.

Which scene was your favorite?

His moving to Arizona and the experiences there.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No reactions like that in the book.

Any additional comments?

This is the third audio book I listened to and the first worth spending the time. Follow him on Y-Tube.

interesting listen

not bad wish it was longer with more info but I've learned. Has me more interested in bushcraft.

Life under open skies

Any additional comments?

This was a good book filled with anecdotes. I read this at the goodt time for the coming year This book has encouraged me to go outdoors and explore the forests near my home next spring.

The right kind of encouragement!

These anecdotes and short tales are both exciting and sobering! This is a great motivation tool for all aspiring bushcrafters!

Is this a computer synthesized voice?

Great stories about his experiences. that must be why there are so many great reviews but definitely not because of the narration. for the first hour I was convinced that this was a computer synthesized voice. The narrator sounds so robotic that it made it very hard to listen to. I strongly recommend not buying the audiobook and get a printed copy instead.