98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive!

Cody Lundin

Jun 2003 · Gibbs Smith

About this ebook

From the survival instructor and author of When All Hell Breaks Loose, a guide to surviving fear, panic, and the biggest outdoor killers.

Cody Lundin, director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, shares his own brand of wilderness wisdom in this highly anticipated new book on commonsense, modern survival skills for the backcountry, the backyard, or the highway. It is the ultimate book on how to stay alive based on the principal of keeping the body’s core temperature at a lively 98.6 degrees. In his entertaining and informative style, Cody stresses that a human can live without food for weeks, and without water for about three days or so. But if the body’s core temperature dips much below or above the 98.6-degree mark, a person can literally die within hours. It is a concept that many don't take seriously or even consider, but knowing what to do to maintain a safe core temperature when lost in a blizzard or in the desert could save your life. Lundin delivers the message with wit, rebellious humor, and plenty of backcountry expertise. 

“Excellent advice…the obvious product of a man who has gone and done it…well worth reading.”—Field & Stream

Ratings and reviews

This is bare bones, straight forward survival and beating the odds. Not a primitive living guide but a how to stay alive. 5 stars all the way!

I am already a fan of Cody from Dual Survival and truly enjoyed his direct style of delivery. The information provided by this book is useful for everyone who ventures off concrete. It's just a day hike are famous last words here in Oregon where you can be in wild conditions in 20 minutes from every major city.

The most practical useful and balanced survival book I've read. Not region or skill level specific (a good thing). Covers the reasons why a particular item or skill is likely to extend my life on a bad day.

About the author

Cody Lundin and his Aboriginal Living Skills School have been featured in dozens of national and international media sources, including Dateline NBC, CBS News, USA Today, The Donny and Marie Show, and CBC Radio One in Canada, as well as on the cover of Backpacker magazine. When not teaching for his own school, he is an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute. Cody is the only person in Arizona licensed to catch fish with his hands, and lives in a passive solar earth home sixty miles from Prescott, Arizona Russ Miller is an internationally syndicated artist and writer of Russ Miller’s Oddly Enough. He also writes and illustrates a weekly editorial newspaper column called “Miller’s Musings.”