Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 96 pages
- Published by: Falcon
- Edition: 3rd Edition June 1, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0762738081
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0762738083
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
- Weighs: 6.4 ounces
Product Description
An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book.
Back Cover Copy
Put away those bulky books and monster manuals!
For a generation, the Basic Essentials® series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, Basic Essentials® books tell you what you need to know.
Discover how to
build a fire, even in wet weather
select and use your camping gear
cook quick and tasty meals in the outdoors
rig a campsite
tent with the four basic knots and hitches
use a map and compass to master the basics of backcountry navigation
Reader ReviewsCamping is actually a pretty broad term anymore... People are tent campers, car campers, backpackers, canoe campers, and on and on. This leans more towards backpacking, and does a nice job squeezing in many of the most important points for beginners in a short book of 67 pages for a great price. He helps you chose your gear such as a camp stove, sleeping bag, tent, knives, clothing, boots, pack, etc. The book probabley concentrates on prparing food more than anything, and that is appropriate considering where you will be. He also helps put together a packing list, ideas for cooking and recipes, and many important safety tips. This is a nice supplemental item for your library of books on the subject if you have one and enjoy collecting them as I do. In fact it is part of a whole series of these little books in the Basic Essential Library. ...