Wilderness Basics : : get the Most From Your Hiking, Backpacking, and Camping Adventures
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A brief history of the wilderness basics course -- The North American wilderness -- Leave no trace, outdoor ethics -- Get up, get fit, and get out! -- Planning your adventure -- Gearing up -- "Eating out" in the wilderness -- Finding your way: wilderness navigation -- How's the weather? -- Now let's get out there! -- Close encounters of the animal kind -- The quiet beauty of the desert -- Winter snow travel -- Ouch! First aid in the backcountry -- Getting lost and dealing with it.
The revised edition includes: an all new chapter on gear, including lightweight tips and techniques for backpackers, a revamped navigation chapter with new illustrations and the latest GPS techniques, new conditioning and first-aid chapters to keep you fit and healthy, expanded cooking information, with details about Dutch oven cooking, vegetarian options, how not to dirty a pot, and more, and more than 60 new photos"--Page 4 of cover.
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Mountaineers outdoor basics
PUBLISHED
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: 318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781594858215
1594858217
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Anderson, Kristi.
Sierra Club.
SUBJECTS
Outdoor life -- West (U.S.)
Wilderness survival -- West (U.S.)