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The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills
by Curtis, Rick

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The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills: When it was first published in 1998, The Backpacker's Field Manual set the standard for comprehensive backpacking books. Now exhaustively updated to offer a more complete view of backpacking today, it covers the latest developments in gear – such as Global Positioning Systems and ultralight hiking equipment – first aid, and Leave No Trace camping, and includes a chapter devoted to outdoor leadership resources and basics. Beginners and experienced hikers alike will find this book indispensable for trip planning strategies and also as a quick reference on the trail for:
Backcountry Skills – how to forecast the weather, identify trees, bear-proof your campsite, wrap an injured ankle, and more – illustrated with more than 100 line drawings

Tricks of the Trail – time-tested practical lessons learned along the way

Going Ultralight – downsizing suggestions for those who want to lighten up

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Quantity:	1 item(s) available
Weight:	0.42 kg
Price:	CDN$ 24.00 (US$ 23.35)

ISBN-10:	1400053099
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781400053094
Author:	Curtis, Rick
Publisher:	Random House Inc New York
Publication Date:	4/2005
Pages:	440 pages
Size/Dimensions:	8.0 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Binding:	Paperback

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The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skillsby Curtis, Rick

The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills
by Curtis, Rick