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Buck Tilton
Wilderness medicine expert and Backpacker magazine columnist Buck Tilton covers every step needed for the best hiking and backpacking experience.
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Buck Tilton, Christine Conners
Outdoor Skills for Kids provides readers with essential information on wilderness survival with colorful illustrations, activities, and anecdotes expertly curated for kids.
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* Information on peak sunburn times, skin types, protective clothing, and sunglasses* Includes special considerations for babies and children* Great for boaters, beach lovers, hikers, climbers, bicyclists, parents…
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With a focus on safety and the integrity of the outdoors, this book initiates the novice and informs the experienced. Integrating the history, ecology and science of fire with practical…
A humorous and helpfully informative book about having sex in the great outdoors.
The Book That Makes Dying by Heart Attack Seem Downright Boring Simply by living a normal life, you have an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the list…
The first teaching manual ever for the Wilderness First Responder course, this title represents the cutting edge in medical training for wilderness rescue and self care. The schools affiliated with…
Maine is certainly an exciting place, with a plethora of outdoor activities to pursue. It’s also generally a safe place and most of those activities can be done by those…
This book provides principles for dealing with many serious emergencies, and a few common problems, when a doctor is more than an hour away.
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Knot-making is simpler than ever. This revised easy-to-follow guide, published in partnership with Outward Bound, includes information on using knots in your favorite outdoor activities.
MAKE IT EASY! Untie the mystery of knot-making with this clever and handy guide. This new volume presents all the knots you need to know, and its brightly colored photographs…
What should you do if you encounter a bear in the wild? What if you fall through thin ice? Or run out of water? Or get sick on wild food…
Rick Bennett,Buck Tilton
* Teaches campers and hikers how to avoid backcountry illness and even death due to food-borne diseases, sanitation problems, polluted water sources, and more
* Handy pocket-sized guide gives practical…
Knots for Kids delivers relevant, expertly curated content perfect for kids. Outdoor skills expert and veteran author Buck Tilton provides readers with accessible information on choosing the best knot for…
Knack First Aid covers the most common injuries and illnesses, how to recognize them, how to manage them and, when appropriate, how to prevent them.
Buck Tilton,John Gookin
From the National Outdoor Leadership School, the leader in wilderness education, comes the guide on winter camping - based on the official NOLS curriculum. This guide to camping in extreme…
