Survival!
A Step-by-step Guide to Camping and Outdoor Skills
DK · Print & ebook · May 21, 2019
The essential guide for intrepid young explorers to the skills and techniques you need for outdoor adventure.
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- Who it’s for
- Illustrated guidance covers tent pitching, foraging, fire-lighting, navigation, route planning, and weather signs.
- Genres
- Camping & Outdoors, Adventure & Explorers, Kids' Safety
- Published
- DK, May 21, 2019
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Start with this bookAbout this book
The essential guide for intrepid young explorers to the skills and techniques you need for outdoor adventure. Learn the basics--from picking the best tent for your expedition to knowing how to pitch it--with clear, step-by-step illustrations. Find out why not to camp beneath a tree, how to peg out your tent, and when to slacken the guy lines. Once you're safely under canvas, discover how to forage for food, light a fire with flints and tinder, and cook up delicious grub.
Continue reading
Find out what to take on your expedition, how to plan your route, and what to include in your essential survival kit. Then have fun learning camp craft and wilderness survival skills. To help you find your way, this book shows you how to use a map and compass, or the sun and stars as a guide. Discover the best way to hike over diverse terrains, including forests, swamps, forests, deserts, and mountains. Learn how to predict the weather by observing cloud formations and wind direction. So start packing your backpack for an outdoor adventure, and don't forget your copy of Survival!
Tent and Trail Skills
Illustrated guidance covers tent pitching, foraging, fire-lighting, navigation, route planning, and weather signs.
Come here for
- Step-by-step illustrations for choosing and pitching a tent
- Guidance on foraging for food and lighting a fire
Expect
- Map-and-compass navigation, or guidance from the sun and stars
- Advice on hiking across forests, swamps, deserts, and mountains
Where it sits
| Camping & Outdoors | 93% |
|---|---|
| Adventure & Explorers | 53% |
| Kids' Safety | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Camping & Outdoors
- Authors
- Colin Towell, D.K. Publishing
- Publisher
- DK
- Published
- May 21, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Camping & Outdoors