Lofty Wiseman

Lofty Wiseman

John "Lofty" Wiseman is a British author and survival consultant, and a former member of the Special Air Service (SAS), the British special forces unit.

Wiseman was the youngest member to pass selection for the SAS in 1959 aged 18, entering from the Parachute Regiment he joined a year earlier. He went on to serve on the SAS for 26 years, rising to the rank of Sergeant Major [http://www.survival-school.org/Default.aspx?tabid=372 Trueways Survival School] John Wiseman's biography] .

On leaving the SAS in 1985, his first book was "The SAS Survival Handbook" published in 1986. Wiseman has since become a survival consultant, writing a number of other books on the subject [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Books/s/qid=1217876652/ref=sr_ex_n_1?ie=UTF8&rs=62&bbn=266239&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp%5F27%3AJohn%20%27Lofty%27%20Wiseman Amazon.co.uk] listing for John Lofty Wiseman books] , as well as appearing on television. He also markets a range of survival knives (currently closed), and is a consultant for the Trueways Survival School.

Wiseman was also the instructor for the selection/training phase for the show, Castaway 2000.

Bibliography

* "Survival Skills with Lofty Wiseman (DVD)"
* "SAS Survival Guide: How to Survive Anywhere, on Land or at Sea"
* "SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea"
* "The SAS Self-Defense Handbook: A Complete Guide to Unarmed Combat Techniques"
* "The SAS Survival Handbook"
* "SAS Survival Guide"
* "The SAS Urban Survival Handbook"
* "The SAS Driver's Survival Handbook"
* "Outdoor Survival (Collins Need to Know?)"
* "SAS Self-defence Manual"
* "The SAS Personal Survival Handbook"
* "Secret Visitor" (fiction)

ee also

* List of former Special Air Service personnel

References

External links

* [http://www.special-forces-adventure-training.co.uk/John_Lofty_Wiseman_SAS_elite_british_special_forces_22_B_squadron_Special_Air_Service.htm John Wiseman's biography at Special Forces Adventure Training (SFAT)]
* [http://www.loftywiseman.co.uk/ www.loftywiseman.co.uk Knive sales company]


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