The backpacker's handbook [Fourth edition] 9780071759595, 007175959X, 9780071754897, 007175489X

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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The backpacker's handbook [Fourth edition]
 9780071759595, 007175959X, 9780071754897, 007175489X

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.

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