by
Mike R. Myers
This manual contains more than 145 pages of information critical to beginners through advance backpackers, hikers, campers, hunters, fishers and other outdoor enthusiasts. See the Table of Contents, shown below, for a comprehensive look at its content.
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P 6
CHAPTER ONE – Getting Started
10
New to Hiking, Camping & Backpacking?
14 Beginners’ Tips
21 Stretching Exercises
24 Gear Checklist
P27
CHAPTER TWO – Safety Gear
28 Emergency Survival Kit
29 Backpackers’ First Aid Kit
P30 CHAPTER THREE –
The Unexpected
31 Lost? Get Found
32
Animal Confrontations
36 When Nature Calls
38
Emergency Repairs
P40 CHAPTER FOUR –
Your Campsite
41 Selection of Your Campsite
41 Minimum Impact Camping
44 Blisters
45 Poison Oak
46 Fighting Back against Bugs
P51 CHAPTER SIX –
Food & Drink
52 What to Drink
52 What to Eat
53 Counterbalancing Your Food
55
What to Wear
P55
CHAPTER SEVEN – Kids & Dogs
in the Woods
56 Kids in the Woods
57 Dogs in the Woods
P60 CHAPTER EIGHT –
Environmental Dangers
61 Hypothermia,
Frostbite, Altitude Sickness, Heat Exhaustion and
66 Crossing Streams
P67 CHAPTER NINE –
Making Fire & Using a Compass
68 Starting Your Fire
70 Using Your Compass and Map
P74 CHAPTER TEN –
For experts, only
76 Solo Hiking
78 Winter Camping & Hiking
80 Building a Quinze
81 Building a Water Still
82 Staying Alive
85 Plants as Food
86 Fish, Fowl and Animal as Food
89 Smoking Meats to Preserve
P90 CHAPTER ELEVEN –
Primitive Survival Skills
91 Shelter Building
92 Fire Making
93 Cordage Making
94 Tools Making and
95 Snares and Traps
98 Sketches – Bow Drill,
Deadfall Snare, Debris Shelter
P99 CHAPTER TWELVE
– Gear Tips – Selecting Your Gear
P118
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – Basic First Aid for the Trail
P126
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SOURCES
P127 DISCLAIMER
P128 INDEX
P132 GEAR
CHECKLIST – CUT OUT
P134
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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