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Backpacker and Hiker's Handbook
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Paperback
from Stackpole Books (December 15, 2007)
9780811734622 | details & prices | 290 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Must-know trail skills: finding your way, purifying water, cooking on the trail, where and how to set up camp Solo backpacking, all-female groups, and hiking with children, seniors, and pets plus ideas for going light and enhancing your trail photography How to handle dangerous situations--encounters with bears, inclement weather, and medical emergencies Backpacker and Hiker's Handbook tells how to plan and prepare for a backpacking trip and discusses equipment, safety, and the essential trail skills of using a compass, purifying water, cooking, and where and how to set up camp.
About: Must-know trail skills: finding your way, purifying water, cooking on the trail, where and how to set up camp Solo backpacking, all-female groups, and hiking with children, seniors, and pets plus ideas for going light and enhancing your trail photography How to handle dangerous situations--encounters with bears, inclement weather, and medical emergencies Backpacker and Hiker's Handbook tells how to plan and prepare for a backpacking trip and discusses equipment, safety, and the essential trail skills of using a compass, purifying water, cooking, and where and how to set up camp.