Offers a handbook for all skill levels of hiking that covers a wide range of backbacking issues, including how to use a
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English Pages 468 Year 2012
Table of contents :
Content: Preparing for the trail --
The load on your back --
Footwear and wilderness travel --
Carrying the load: the pack --
Keeping warm and dry: dressing for the wilderness --
Shelter: camping in the wilderness --
The wilderness kitchen --
Comfort and safety in camp and on the trail --
On the move: skills and hazards.