Backpackers Handbook: Eyewitness Travel Guide 1995

by HughMcManners (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.28

  This is a guide to backpacking. Starting at the beginning with planning and preparing, it explains how to get physically fit and what food and equipment will be needed. Then follows information which should be known from terrains and conditions, using a map and compass, to setting up a campsite with minimal impact on the environment and coping with emergencies. The book is presented in an easy-to-follow style, and is filled with photos, charts, and diagrams.