Backpacker Magazine''s Outdoor Survival Skills to Survive and Stay Alive

Informationen zum Autor Molly Absolon is a former NOLS instructor, an environmental educator, and outdoor writer. She is the author of the Backpacker Magazine Core Skills books Campsite Cooking, Trailside Navigation, Trailside First Aid, and Outdoor Survival.  Klappentext Backpacker magazine–branded, and fueled by FalconGuides, Backpacker Magazine's Outdoor Survival brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Learn how to properly preplan for a trip, build a shelter, start a fire, prevent hypo- or hyperthermia, navigate when lost—and, above all, how to avoid the common pitfalls that get you into a survival situation in the first place. The book also covers other important skills, including basic wilderness first-aid.Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos and illustrations complement concise, clear text, introducing you to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors.Also available:Backpacker Magazine's Campsite CookingBackpacker Magazine's Predicting WeatherBackpacker Magazine's Trailside Navigation Zusammenfassung Perfect for pack or pocket! this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics! providing practical and portable information useful in the field.

Product details

• Authors: Absolon Molly, Molly Absolon
• Assisted by: Dave Anderson (Photographs)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.08.2010
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines
• EAN: 9780762756520
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-5652-0
• Pages: 96
• Series: Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine; Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine
• Subjects: SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills; Active outdoor pursuits