Summary (EXTREME DESERTS) Hazen learned from experienced tribes how to survive in various desert types. Like the Hima in the Namib, the oldest desert, he concentrates on hunting. The Aboriginal tribe of Arrernte and the wildlife in the scorching central Outback deal masterly with droughts up to seven years, even manage regeneration by controlled bush fire, while expertly gathering like their women and hunting like their men, yet Hazen decides against killing a juvenile monitor. The Samburu in Kenya live from their cow herds, drinking milk and blood, which he finds hard to harvest as the neck must be arrow-pierced each time, and dodging dangerous wildlife like lions and elephants. Finally the Sahara, the largest desert, requires the skill of the Berbers and the moody camel as perfectly adapted mount. All have nasty critters, like spiders and scorpions, and even more edible bugs.

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