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Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care
by Buck TiltonSmall enough to take in the field, this pocket-sized survival essential will benefit everyone in a wilderness setting. With information on treating shock victims, abdominal pain, sprains, fractures, dislocations and much more, this is an inexpensive way to save someone's life!
Backcountry Lawman: True Stories from a Florida Game Warden (Florida History and Culture)
by Bob H. LeeWith thirty years of backcountry patrol experience in Florida, Bob Lee has lived through incidents of legend, including one of the biggest environmental busts in Florida history. His fascinating memoir reveals the danger and the humor in the unsung exploits of game wardens.
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering
by Martin Volken Scott Schell Margaret WheelerThe authors provide skiers with the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountains. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning wilderness trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes, climbing on bare rock, and more.
Background and Future Prospects in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA Compendium – The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment)
by Walter KlöpfferLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become the recognized instrument to assess the ecological burdens and human health impacts connected with the complete life cycle (creation, use, end-of-life) of products, processes and activities, enabling the assessor to model the entire system from which products are derived or in which processes and activities operate. This volume introduces the major new book series LCA Compendium - The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment. In this volume, the main drivers in the development of LCA are explored. The volume also discusses strengths and limitations in LCA as well as challenges and gaps, thus offering an unbiased picture of the state-of-the-art and future of LCA.
Backpack Explorer: What Will You Find? (Backpack Explorer)
by Editors of Storey PublishingThis winter-themed addition to the best-selling Backpack Explorer series gets kids outside to observe signs of the season and learn about the science behind the changes that winter brings. Search for frost on the grass, snowflakes in the air, animal tracks, birds, and signs of insects. Learn how icicles form, which animals hibernate and which stay active, and why we have a winter solstice. Build snow creatures and ice sculptures and enjoy the magic of winter! Backpack Explorer: Winter Walk is packed with fun features, including: ·50 stickers ·12 interactive field guides ·5 outdoor games ·3 scavenger hunts ·A real magnifying glass ·A pull-out journal to record a winter adventure It's the perfect guide for kids ages 4 to 8 who love snowy activities!
Backpack Fly Fishing: A Back-to-Basics Approach
by Daniel E SteereTips for simplifying fly-fishing trips to fish more often and in more locations.Increasingly, the trend in fly fishing has been toward greater specialization (trout vs. bass, freshwater vs. saltwater, lightweight vs. heavier weight rods and reels) and complexity. This trend has taken many anglers away from what they loved best about fly-fishing: catching a wide variety of fish with simple, minimalist equipment that can fit into a daypack. Backpack Fly Fishing helps readers to understand why we need to get back to a simpler approach and how to enjoy doing it.In Backpack Fly Fishing, Daniel E. Steere provides a comprehensive philosophy for this back-to-basics approach to fishing. He includes chapters on equipment selection, fish that can be caught using this equipment and how to catch them, how to approach different types of waters, and important flies and how to tie them. Additional chapters address how backpack fly-fishing fits into the context of other outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, and birding.Everyone can benefit from Steere’s helpful information, including current flyfishermen who want to try a less complicated, back-to-basics approach; spin and bait fishermen who want to try the sport of fly fishing without breaking the bank on fishing equipment; and hikers, campers, bicyclists, and other outdoors people who want to be able to fish in waters that they may happen upon during their journeys through the wilds.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Backpack Gourmet
by Linda Frederick Yaffee• Over 160 recipes for soups, stews, pasta, casseroles, and breakfast and snack ideas• Potato Soup Parmesan, Seafood Stew, Sweet and Sour Noodles, Spicy Chicken• Tips on drying food in a dehydrator or ovenMeals on the trail can be as delicious and varied as meals prepared at home. You can create meals to suit your tastes or diet--vegetarian, low fat, Asian, Italian. Meals prepared and dehydrated at home are compact and lightweight, perfect for the backpacker, and safer than packing perishable foods. The author shows how to prepare the meals so that they will travel well and will be easy to reconstitute in camp. The easy step-by-step instructions detail how to cook and dry lightweight, satisfying meals at home and then prepare them easily in camp--truly complete, instant meals.
Backpack Gourmet: Good Hot Grub You Can Make at Home, Dehydrate, and Pack for Quick, Easy, and Healthy Eating on the Trail
by Linda Frederick Yaffe&“Recipes for hikers seeking an alternative to the expensive, often boring, freeze-dried prepared meals that are sold in stores.&” —Library Journal Improve your backpacking experience by creating the delicious and healthy home-dried meals and snacks featured in this book. Easy to rehydrate in camp and lighter than lugging ingredients and extra fuel, these foods are perfect for backpackers. Updated with twenty brand-new recipes, including Sesame Lasagna, Stuffed Cabbage Soup, San Antonio Special, and Backpacker&’s Cincinnati Chili, this new edition also has the most up-to-date information on dehydrators and stoves, water purification, and food storage, making it the perfect handbook for nutritious—and delectable—dining on the trail. · Over 180 recipes for casseroles, pastas, soups, stews, chowders, beans, pilafs, dried fruits, trail mixes, bars, and cookies · Tips on drying food in a dehydrator or oven · Includes vegetarian and low-fat recipes · Recipes so tasty that you'll make them at home too!
Backpacker Adventure Photography (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Dan BaileyA short, highly illustrated, pocket-size how-to guide to taking great pictures in the outdoors, this book offers up all the information you need on modern camera gear, technique, and tips for capturing stunning images. Including numerous examples of jaw-dropping wildlife, landscape, and action photographs, this book explains in detail how to make the best use of your camera gear outside—from shooting in the rain and snow, to under the desert sun.
Backpacker Hidden Gems: 100 Greatest Undiscovered Hikes Across America
by Backpacker Magazine Maren HorjusNothing against the Bright Angel Trail, the Narrows, the Presidential Traverse, or Half Dome, which are all certainly worth of their popularity, but hikers don&’t need another resource pointing them toward those conga lines. It&’s time we rewrite the backpacker&’s life list. Enter Backpacker Hidden Gems. For the first time ever, here is a collection of Mother Nature&’s best kept secret hikes, chockful of life-list worthy views, campsites, waterfalls, wildlife, and more. This book spills every secret and pulls back the curtain to reveal the top 100 trips across the country, with information on how to reach them, when to go, and what you&’ll see. With color topographic maps and over 200 gorgeous photographs to complete the package, this book is the perfect keepsake for anyone looking to expand his hiking horizons.
Backpacker Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-Hike
by Liz Thomas Backpacker MagazineWINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARDS (INSTRUCTIONAL CATEGORY)Make the Dream of a Long Distance Thru-Hike a RealityHave you been dreaming of the summer when you can hike the Appalachian Trail? Or marvel at the snow-capped peaks along the Pacific Crest Trail? Or simply section hike the Continental Divide Trail? In Backpacker&’s Long Trails, Liz &“Snorkel&” Thomas, former women&’s speed record holder for the AT and veteran of twenty long trails, gives you the tools to make this dream a reality. Included is trail-proven advice on selecting gear, stocking resupplies, and planning your budget and schedule, complete with gorgeous photographs of life on the trail. Along the way, enjoy sneak peeks into not only the Triple Crown trails, but also lesser-known long trails throughout North America.
Backpacker Magazine's Backpacking Basics: Planning, Preparing, And Packing (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Clyde SolesBackpacker magazine–branded and fueled by Falcon-Guides, this book provides essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Perfect for pack or pocket, it breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos, charts, and illustrations are organized with text by an expert in a brief and accessible manner, introducing readers to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors.Backpacker Magazine's Backpacking Basics informs readers about choosing where to go; selecting the appropriate gear; properly packing their equipment; finding their way in the wilderness; and planning easy and tasty meals. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
Backpacker Magazine's Campsite Cooking: Cookware, Cuisine, And Cleaning Up (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Molly AbsolonBackpacker Magazine's Campsite Cooking informs readers about food that keeps you going; what to bring for your outdoor kitchen; food preparation and storage; cooking tips for different weather; keeping food fresh; planning and packing meals; recipes for great breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
Backpacker Magazine's Complete Guide to Outdoor Gear Maintenance and Repair: Step-By-Step Techniques To Maximize Performance And Save Money (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Kristin HostetterThis book could save you hundreds of dollars on outdoor gear! Don&’t retire a jacket just because it&’s torn or buy a new tent because the zipper broke. Learn how to fix these problems—and dozens more—and save your money for a dream trip by following the step-by-step gear maintenance and repair instructions in this large trim, color handbook.
Backpacker Magazine's Fitness & Nutrition for Hiking
by Molly AbsolonA new title in FalconGuides' partnership with Backpacker magazine, this book explores the fundamentals of diet and exercise that are necessary to get in shape to tackle a variety of different hiking trails. Including information about fitness routines and nutrition, this book is full of how-to information and fifty color photographs.
Backpacker Magazine's Hiking and Backpacking with Kids: Proven Strategies For Fun Family Adventures (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Molly AbsolonHow to safely and successfully hike and backpack with kids, from infants to teenagers is all here in a durable, packable, full-color package. Former NOLS instructor and current mom Molly Absolon tells how to plan trips for kids, what to pack, games to play, kid-favorite food and snacks for the trail, and other tips and tricks to make a family hiking outing the best it can be.
Backpacker Magazine's Outdoor Knots: The Knots You Need To Know (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Clyde SolesBackpacker magazine–branded and fueled by FalconGuides, this book provides essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Perfect for pack or pocket, it breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos, charts, and illustrations are organized with text by an expert in a brief and accessible manner, introducing readers to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors. Backpacker Magazine's Outdoor Knots provides readers step-by-step instructions for tying the most useful knots and hitches, splices and lashings for the outdoors; info on the best type of rope and knot for each task at hand; how to properly prepare, coil, and maintain ropes for durability and reliability. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
Backpacker Magazine's Outdoor Survival: Skills To Survive And Stay Alive (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Molly AbsolonBackpacker magazine–branded, and fueled by FalconGuides, Backpacker Magazine&’s Outdoor Survival brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Learn how to properly preplan for a trip, build a shelter, start a fire, prevent hypo- or hyperthermia, navigate when lost—and, above all, how to avoid the common pitfalls that get you into a survival situation in the first place. The book also covers other important skills, including basic wilderness first-aid.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 and illustrations 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 CookingBackpacker Magazine&’s Predicting WeatherBackpacker Magazine&’s Trailside Navigation
Backpacker Magazine's Peak Bagging (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Brendan LeonardA how-to book for climbers with information on scrambling skills, gear, alpine hazards, and acclimation, published under the imprimatur of "Backpacker" magazine.
Backpacker Magazine's Predicting Weather: Forecasting, Planning, And Preparing (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Lisa BallardBackpacker Magazine's Weather informs readers about how weather happens, how to predict and recognize weather patterns, identify cloud formations and know what they mean, develop weather awareness from basic meteorological concepts, and more. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
Backpacker Magazine's The 10 Essentials of Outdoor Gear: What You Need To Stay Alive (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Kristin HostetterThe "10 Essentials" have long been recognized as the minimum amount of survival gear you should carry when heading into the backcountry. This book breaks down the gear options into what works, what doesn't, and why.
Backpacker Magazine's Trailside First Aid: Recognition, Treatment, And Prevention (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Molly AbsolonBackpacker magazine–branded and fueled by Falcon-Guides, this book provides essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-relatedinformation. Perfect for pack or pocket, it breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos, charts, and illustrations are organized with text by an expert in a brief and accessible manner, introducing readers to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors. Backpacker Magazine's Trailside First Aid assembles for readers an outdoor first-aid kit of essential items; soothe bites and stings; deal with hot and cold injuries; wrap sprains, fractures, and dislocated joints; handle backcountry emergencies until professional help arrives. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
Backpacker Magazine's Using a GPS: Digital Trip Planning, Recording, And Sharing (Backpacker Magazine Series)
by Bruce GrubbsBackpacker's Using a GPS: Digital Trip Planning, Recording, and Sharing is a complete guide to the digital mapping revolution including how to do it and how to join it. Plan your trip, record it with GPS, edit and enhance your maps (photos and videos), and share with the world. Include out-in-the-field instructions for using a GPS; how GPS works; basic field techniques; computer-based mapping with GPS; conventional navigation skills, etc. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
Backpacker The Complete Guide to Backpacking: Field-Tested Gear, Advice, and Know-How for the Trail
by Backpacker MagazineBackpacker Magazine&’sThe Complete Guide to Backpacking combines and distills the most useful and relevant skills necessary for backpacking in one easy to use guide, from the most respected authority on backpacking— Backpacker magazine. From detailed descriptions of what to pack and how to pack it, to navigation and campsite cooking, to managing outdoor hazards and more, The Complete Guide to Backpacking is the definitive resource for Backpacking-related know-how.
Backpacker The National Parks Coast to Coast: 100 Best Hikes
by Ted Alvarez Backpacker MagazineExplore the crystal clear waters on the Summit Lakes Trail at Lassen Volcanic National Park, take in the expansive views at Shenandoah National Park&’s Old Rag Mountain, or traverse the sandstone cliffs at Angel&’s Landing in Zion National Park. Choose your adventure from any of the forty-four national parks profiled throughout the book. This book delivers jaw-dropping photos, detailed hike descriptions and maps, ranger essays, and more, all of which combine to create an intimate look at the best our national parks have to offer.