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Experiment in Survival | 
 enlarge | Author: George Sigler
Publisher: Vero Technical Support Inc
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 422599
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 097111000X
Dewey Decimal Number: 359
EAN: 9780971110007
ASIN: 097111000X
Publication Date: May 11, 2001
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Product Description
This is a book describing a survival expedition of two U.S. navy pilots who sailed a rubber raft across the Pacific testing new survival techniques. The story is both a story of adventure, and one giving details of what it takes to survive in the open ocean.The two pilots departed San Francisco with no water and six pounds of food arriving in Hawaii 56 days later. Both had dropped in weight from 186lb to 128lb. It was only at the end of the trip that the Navy acknowledged they were "an official navy project".
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A real page turner! September 9, 2007
Thomas N. Gilmore (Florida)
This book is a great read for anyone interested in survival. George Sigler happened to be a guest speaker at a pilot meeting in Vero Beach, so I went with a friend to hear him talk about the book. You could not hear a pin drop in the audience as he described his tales of adventure. He is a fasinating individual with a lot of spirit. He adds bits of humor to the book to perk it up to his audience. Great book!
 George Siglar Writes Like a Pilot October 16, 2006
Mario M. Vittone (Chesapeake, VA)
That Mr. Siglar is no great writer is the only reason the book doesn't get five stars from me. I can't help but believe the book would have been a significanlty better read if he had written the book sooner than 26 years after the event, but writing to one side, the book still contains some very valuable information. It just isn't structured as well as I would have liked.
However, any student of sea survival should definitely read about George and Charlie's experience sailing a ZODIAC boat (Its unfair to call it a Raft) across the pacific with nothing more than a survival kit prepared by Mr. Siglar. No food (really) no water, just the kit. There is nothing like first hand accounts to inform students of the realities of any situation, and Siglars account (like Steve Callahan's Adrift) is full of the things you never think about unless you've been there.
My advise, pick one up.
Amazing story July 4, 2005
B. MIDDLETON (Vero Beach, FL, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book, George Sigler is truly a modern day adventurer. Although it is about the serious topic of survival, the author wanting to test his survival kit on a real-life situation, George has managed to tell his story in this very entertaining, and sometimes hilarious, book. He is, and we are, lucky he survived to tell the story.
Great adventure November 26, 2001
Bridget Arrant (Nacogdoches, tx USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved the book. A true story of a man with the determination to help people survive if stranded at sea.
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