Complete guide to camping and wilderness survival

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Complete guide to camping and wilderness survival

by Vin T. Sparano

Universe, c2016

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Complete guide to camping and wilderness survival : backpacking, equipment and survival tools, ropes and knots, boating, animal tracking, fire building, navigation, pathfinding, shelter building, campfire recipes, wilderness foods, rescue, wilderness first aid

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Includes index

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Description

From the author of the award-winning Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia, this volume is the most complete camping instruction book published. This monumental full-color guide to the outdoors features more than 600 photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, clearly explaining and illustrating the most successful techniques for any camping or backcountry survival scenario. Sure to be an indispensable resource, it offers in-depth coverage of tents, bedding and sleeping bags, boots and footwear, leave-no-trace methodology, camp and backpacking stoves, camp kitchens, menus and cooking, tools, backpacks, ropes and knots, and boats, recreational vehicles, and allterrain vehicles. Hiking and camping in the backcountry is fully covered, along with wilderness survival skills. Emergency and wilderness first aid, navigation and pathfinding, shelter building, wilderness search and rescue, finding sustenance through foraging edible plants, survival hunting and fishing, setting snares, and nutrition, preparation, and cooking of game are all explored in detail. This book is a must-have reference guide for both novice and experienced campers.

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  • NCID
    BB26208766
  • ISBN
    • 9780789331199
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    320 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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