Backpacker magazine's Outdoor Hazards: Avoiding Trouble In The Backcountry (Backpacker Magazine Series) - Softcover

Anderson, Dave

 
9780762772964: Backpacker magazine's Outdoor Hazards: Avoiding Trouble In The Backcountry (Backpacker Magazine Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762772964 ISBN 13: 9780762772964
Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

To avoid outdoor hazards when hiking and backpacking, readers will want Backpacker magazine’s Outdoor Hazards. This durable, packable, full-color package, written by longtime wilderness guide Dave Anderson, covers hazards such as poor planning, stinging insects, poisonous plants, large mammals, steep terrain, lightning storms, avalanches, river crossings, hypothermia, and psychological hazards.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dave Anderson has been an outdoor guide for twenty-five years, leading everything from natural history treks to backpacking, rock-climbing, and whitewater rafting expeditions. He is also a senior instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School. A longtime photographer and writer, he has published his work in National Geographic, the New York Times, and Sports Illustrated, as well as several books for Globe Pequot Press/FalconGuides.

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Backpacker magazine's Outdoor Hazards brings you essential mind gear from two of the most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Discover how to be safe in the outdoors when hiking and backpacking and how to plan for--and avoid--outdoor hazards. This volume covers all the essentials, including poor planning, stinging insects, poisonous plants, large mammals, steep terrain, lightning storms, avalanches, river crossings, hypothermia, and psychological hazards. Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos complement concise, clear text, introducing you to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors. Also available: Backpacker magazine's Campsite CookingOutdoor SurvivalPredicting WeatherTrailside NavigationBackpacking BasicsOutdoor KnotsTrailside First AidUsing a GPS

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Verlag
Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762772964
ISBN 13 
9780762772964
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
121
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