Basic Wilderness Survival Skills,9781585742264

Basic Wilderness Survival Skills

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ISBN13: 9781585742264
ISBN10: 1585742260
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
Publisher(s): Lyons Press
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Summary

For every outdoors person, there may come a time when you will need to know how to stay alive in the backcountry. Author Bradford Angier and editor Lamar Underwood set these basic, crucial skills out of you in clear and concise pages.

Author Biography

Bradford Angier was one of America's leading outdoorsmen. He was born in Boston and worked as a newspaperman before leaving the bustle of the East Coast for a self-sufficient existence along the Peace River in British Columbia and, in later years, in the Arizona desert Lamar Underwood serves as editorial director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York

Table of Contents

Foreword viii
Lamar Underwood
Introduction The Call of the Trail xiii
PART ONE Some Basics: Skills, Tools, Gear 1(48)
Using the Woodsman's Basic Tools
3(23)
Backpacking Basics
26(14)
Outfitting for the Outdoors
40(9)
PART TWO The All-Important Survival Essentials: Fire, Shelter, Water 49(62)
Fire and Firemaking
51(17)
Shelter
68(26)
Water: The Essence of Life
94(17)
PART THREE Staying Found: Knowing Where You Are and How to Get Back to Civilization 111(48)
Always Knowing Where You Are
113(27)
Getting Out and Getting Help
140(19)
PART FOUR Weather or Not: Nature's Weather Signs and Coping with Extremes 159(22)
Learning Nature's Weather Signs
161(11)
Coping with Heat and Cold
172(9)
PART FIVE Canoe Trips and Pack Trains: Wilderness Travel on Your Own 181(64)
Paddling Your Own Canoe
183(42)
Handling Your Own Pack Train
225(20)
PART SIX Survival Skills: Finding Food and Being Your Own Doctor 245(94)
Down to Nothing: Finding Food When You're Desperate
247(17)
The Wilderness Doctor: You!
264(17)
Let Nature Set the Table
281(38)
Tips and Tricks for Great Wilderness Cooking
319(20)
PART SEVEN Wilderness Cooking: Skills, Tools, Recipes 339(68)
Basic Wilderness Cooking Recipes
341(22)
Preparing and Cooking Fish and Game
363(44)
PART EIGHT Your Wilderness Home 407(22)
Building a Cabin
409(20)
Index 429

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