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Winter in the wilderness : a field guide to primitive survival skills
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ISBN: 1501701150 9781501701153 9780801479953 0801479959 Year: 2015 Publisher: Ithaca, New York ; London, [England] : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press,

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Camping or backpacking in winter is appealing for many who enjoy the serenity of wilderness settings without the crowds and bustle of the summer season. But as rewarding as they can be, these outings require special preparation and a different set of skills than are necessary at other times of the year. Snowfall can quickly cover one's tracks and make orientation difficult. Hypothermia is insidious, and rapidly changing weather conditions can become treacherous, even life-threatening. In addition to those who are exploring the outdoors recreationally, there are also those who find themselves in unexpected winter survival situations. Each year, people become stranded in wilderness areas, and in most cases they are not equipped to face the challenge of spending an indefinite amount of time outside. Without sufficient gear or knowledge of how to improvise without it, injury or death is often the result. The development of some basic skills, however, can help avert such unfortunate outcomes. As the founder of the renowned nature awareness program Primitive Pursuits, Dave Hall has been practicing survival skills for more than twenty years and has amassed a comprehensive understanding of winter survival. By refining these skills, Dave has reached a point of understanding that is without peer. Through detailed explanations, illustrations, and personal anecdotes, Winter in the Wilderness imparts Dave's knowledge to readers, who will learn to meet their most basic needs: making fire, creating shelter, obtaining safe drinking water, navigating terrain, and procuring sustenance. Winter in the Wilderness is a handbook for those who want to explore cold-weather camping and those who might find themselves in need of this critical information during an unexpected winter's night out. Whether used for pleasure or for survival, Winter in the Wilderness emphasizes the benefits of enriching and deepening our connection with the outdoors.


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Chums of the Campfire
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ISBN: 1633553027 Year: 2014 Publisher: Lanham : Start Classics,

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How many greenback saddles does that last bullfrog Max shot make, Toby! "" ""T-t-thirteen, all t-t-told, Steve. "" ""Ginger! that's going some for so early in the spring season, isn't it? I'd like to get about twenty before we quit, which would make just five for each of us, Max, Bandy-legs, you and myself. And seems like we ought to knock over seven more this Saturday afternoon. ""


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Woodcraft
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ISBN: 1632202425 1629143855 Year: 2015 Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing,

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Dan Carter, Cub Scout, and the river camp
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Year: 2012 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Project Gutenberg,

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Monsters in the woods : backpacking with children
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ISBN: 0874177162 9780874177169 9780874177114 0874177111 Year: 2007 Publisher: Reno, [Nevada] ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press,

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Bicycling beyond the divide : two journeys into the West
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ISBN: 1281213411 9786611213411 0803219598 9780803219595 9780803220348 0803220340 9781281213419 6611213414 Year: 2008 Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,

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On a journey begun twenty years earlier, Daryl Farmer, a twenty-year-old two-time college dropout, did what lost men have so often done in this country: he headed west. Twenty years later and seventy pounds heavier, with the yellowing journals from that transformative five-thousand-mile bicycle trek in his pack, Farmer set out to retrace his path. This is his story of pursuing that distant summer and that distant dream of home, where home is endless space, a roof of big sky, and a bed of dry earth.


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Radtourismus
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ISBN: 3486711075 9783486711073 9783486588491 Year: 2012 Publisher: München

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Das Lehrbuch gibt einen einzigartigen und umfassenden Überblick über Entwicklung, Potentiale und Perspektiven des Radtourismus in Deutschland und Europa. Namhafte Experten aus Wissenschaft, Tourismuswirtschaft und dem Fahrradverband ADFC liefern fundierte Beiträge. Der Grundlagenteil ordnet den Radtourismus in das System des Tourismus ein und betrachtet wichtige Facetten von Angebot und Nachfrage. Aktuelle Fallbeispiele (z.B. Donau-Radweg, Elberadweg, Mallorca) beleuchten Raddestinationen und Wertschöpfung und veranschaulichen aktuelle Standards und die Vorgehensweise bei Planungen im Radtourismus.


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Heading out : a history of American camping
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ISBN: 1501712829 1501712837 9781501712821 9781501712838 9780801454028 0801454026 Year: 2017 Publisher: Ithaca, New York ; London, [England] : Cornell University Press,

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Who are the real campers? Through-hiking backpackers traversing the Appalachian Trail? The family in an SUV making a tour of national parks and sleeping in tents at campgrounds? People committed to the RV lifestyle who move their homes from state to state as season and whim dictate? Terence Young would say: all of the above. Camping is one of the country's most popular pastimes-tens of millions of Americans go camping every year. Whether on foot, on horseback, or in RVs, campers have been enjoying themselves for well more than a century, during which time camping's appeal has shifted and evolved. In Heading Out, Young takes readers into nature and explores with them the history of camping in the United States.Young shows how camping progressed from an impulse among city-dwellers to seek temporary retreat from their exhausting everyday surroundings to a form of recreation so popular that an industry grew up around it to provide an endless supply of ever-lighter and more convenient gear. Young humanizes camping's history by spotlighting key figures in its development and a sampling of the campers and the variety of their excursions. Readers will meet William H. H. Murray, who launched a craze for camping in 1869; Mary Bedell, who car camped around America for 12,000 miles in 1922; William Trent Jr., who struggled to end racial segregation in national park campgrounds before World War II; and Carolyn Patterson, who worked with the U.S. Department of State in the 1960s and 1970s to introduce foreign service personnel to the "real" America through trailer camping. These and many additional characters give readers a reason to don a headlamp, pull up a chair beside the campfire, and discover the invigorating and refreshing history of sleeping under the stars.

Nebraska's Cowboy Trail
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ISBN: 1281241431 9786611241438 0803217722 9780803217720 9781281241436 0803294603 9780803294608 0803294603 6611241434 Year: 2008 Publisher: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press

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Nebraska's Cowboy Trail: A User's Guide is the essential companion for anyone planning to hike, bike, or ride horseback on the Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail, which currently extends from Norfolk to Valentine and will eventually stretch all the way to Chadron. The trail runs through numerous communities, accommodates multiple uses, and provides an up-close look at the ecology of the Great Plains-a view too easily missed when speeding by in a car. Keith Terry's guidebook enhances appreciation of the trail's natural advantages with descriptions of the region's flora and fauna and with pointe


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Breaking into the backcountry
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ISBN: 1283050978 9786613050977 080323418X 0803226535 9780803234185 9781283050975 9781109715521 1109715528 9780803226531 0803267959 Year: 2010 Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,

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