Nate SummersShadow Survival: A Guide to Tactical Awareness, Camouflage, Evasion, Advanced Survival and More (Scoutcraft volume 1)

Do yourself a favor and do more than read this book. Then ask yourself, what is this teaching me?

Filled with stories that teach, this book presents a great deal of information that kept my rapt attention. I really like the writing style that is straightforward and uncomplicated. I especially appreciate that this topic, as important as it is, has a playful side to it, using games to hone the skills of camouflage, subterfuge, evasion, adaptability, resilience, and intuition. You will find activities to practice awareness and exercises that can help you develop the skills to ease along the landscape in silent movement, reading the concentric rings of life surrounding you.I can’t argue with the author’s assertion that “the oldest survival skills in all of human existence” are ones that that allow humans to act as both the hunter and hunted. Not only children can learn to tap into primal instincts playing these games, but the exercises in the book can be useful for adults.This book shares important perspectives on what it means to hold the wisdom of these skills for a community. The stories were relatable to me. Reading through this, it made me want to get outside, slather on some mud and stalk barefoot in the woods. If you are new to the idea of ancestral skills or a seasoned tracker or naturalist, the book has something for you!

I bought this book for my husband, but in flipping through it before gifting it found it to be equally interesting to me. Nate's stories teach lessons about the subject matter and life in a way that share his wisdom about the world in relatable and entertaining ways. I look forward to the upcoming additions to the series.

Most survival manuals retread the same old information. Not this one. This book will take your skills to the next level. It's not enough to survive in nature. This book gives you a blueprint for how to thrive using the skills humans used for thousands of years. The author provides an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand blueprint to incorporate into your daily life. I hope he continues the series.

This book holds some of the information I've been yearning to dive deeper into for a while now. Thank you Nate for putting this all together!

This was a delight to read, and inspired me to reconnect with deeper parts of my playful and instinct-driven side, my senses, the world around me, and a stillness I have been longing to nurture. The conversational tone of this book makes for a deeply engaging read that reaches right into your inner child's desire for play, as well as the often-neglected instincts that make us feel so alive when we can more fully engage with them. When I read this book, I feel like I am walking through the woods with the author as he points out various bird calls, bobcat tracks, and invites you to sit quietly under a tree and notice the way the bird-call alarms settle down, as you settle in to an alert calm state yourself. This book taps into so many unspoken skills I used to use as a child, such as instinctively knowing how to "quiet down" my inner state in to not be seen in a game of hide and seek... and brings them into the light for what they are; essential parts of us that can be honed to live a more fulfilling, engaged, and connected life. What a gift. Yes it is about survival, but also about how to thrive more fully in general as a human on this Earth. Looking forward to more from Nate Summers!

I learned some of this content at one of Nate’s associated schools and am pleased to find that not only is this book a good refresher for what we learned, it is very accessible to those learning it for the first time and also contains much of Nate’s own perspective and experience that teaches me new skills and content to further my own study of Scoutcraft.

Nate delivers big time with this book there’s not a lot of information out there on this subject so I’m hoping there will be more to come from Nate in the future. Do yourself a favor and buy the book and the get out and enjoy nature because that’s where the magic happens.