- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Touchstone; Revised edition edition (Jun 17 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684859092
- ISBN-13: 978-0684859095
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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- #57 in Books > Outdoors & Nature > Survival Skills
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Since 1965, the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) has been teaching its students how to climb, kayak, and navigate; how to camp without leaving a trace; how to stay warm and dry in the wilderness; how to cope with a backcountry emergency; and how to effectively lead others through such experiences. There are many reasons for spending time in the remote outdoors. Awe-inspiring scenery, peacefulness, wildlife viewing, and exercise are all good reasons. Another is that such experiences build character: "The wildlands teach us to be smart, practical, resourceful, and observant. To hike ten hours through scabrous terrain, cross a brawny river, stay warm in a snowstorm, and navigate your way out of tangled woods tests and builds your best faculties." While no single book can prepare one for spending time in the wilderness--much less impart all the skills necessary to survive in the elements--the NOLS Guide is an eminently useful place to start. Chapters include primers on equipment (fitting boots and packs, choosing a tent, the "Five Commandments for Equipment Care"); appropriate dress for a variety of climates; and ways of traveling in the backcountry, from crossing scree fields to fording rivers. It's not a substitute for in-depth instruction in, say, snow camping, or reading a map and compass. But with a solid grounding in the basics, one can take that first boot-step into what Joseph Wood Krutch called "the great reservoir of energy, of confidence, of endless hope."
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Money magazine The Harvard of the wilderness schools.
Publishers Weekly Remarkably packed with information on everything from renting topographical maps to baking bread over a campfire...The only guide most backpackers will ever need.
Publishers Weekly Remarkably packed with information on everything from renting topographical maps to baking bread over a campfire...The only guide most backpackers will ever need.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!!,
By forever "elenasem" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide: The Classic Handbook, Revised and Updated (Paperback)
A very good coverage of a large variety of topics. Learned a lot.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for this kind of camping,
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This review is from: The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide: The Classic Handbook, Revised and Updated (Paperback)
This book isn't for someone who wants to learn to be attuned to nature, or be able to flow with nature. I recommend Tom Brown Jr.'s books.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book for serious outdoor adventure,
By Avid Reader "Reed ah" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide: The Classic Handbook, Revised and Updated (Paperback)
I read the book in preparation for a mountaineering course - it's great - informative, well written, a good balance of solid content and easy readability. He would be a great person to go up a mountain with - but the book is a little easier to fit in the backpack!An absolute must for anyone who camps in the non-RV sense of the word.
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