BOOKS
Backpacker magazine's Campsite Cooking
Cookware, Cuisine, and Cleaning Up
Backpacker magazine’s Campsite Cooking teaches you how to prepare food that keeps you going, choose items for your outdoor kitchen, plan and pack meals, clean up, and store food safely. The book also gives plenty of cooking tips & techniques—and ideas for great breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
Backpacker magazine's Hiking and Backpacking with Kids
Proven Strategies for Fun Family Adventures
How 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 Survival
Skills to Survive and Stay Alive
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.
Backpacker magazine's Outdoor Survival Stories and the Lessons Learned
Backpacker magazine's Outdoor Survival Stories and the Lessons Learned
Veteran outdoor educator and former NOLS instructor Molly Absolon recounts a wide variety of outdoor survival stories pulled from dependable sources including Backpacker.com, outdoor magazines, and Absolon's own experiences as a NOLS instructor. On the heels of each story she analyzes the factors and decisions that created the survival situation, then summarizes outdoor survival tactics that could help you pull through a similar situation should you ever find yourself in the wilderness, desperately trying to survive!
Backpacker magazine's Trailside First Aid
Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention
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 Trailside Navigation
Map and Compass
Backpacker magazine’s Trailside Navigation brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Learn how to choose and use a compass and altimeter, read a map, plot a course and find your way through the wilderness, and use maps and compass in concert with a GPS receiver.
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.
Backpacker magazine's Trailside Recipes
Simple and Tasty Backcountry Fare
Backpacker magazine's Trailside Recipes gives readers a plethora of trail-tested recipes presented in a packable, full color package with a durable Kivar cover. Includes everything from breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and desserts to snacks and beverages (including alcholic drinks from Backpacker's popular "Backcountry Bartender" column).
Basic Illustrated Winter Hiking and Camping
Richly photographed and information-packed tools for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, BASIC ILLUSTRATED books distill years of knowledge into affordable and visual guides. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, the BASIC ILLUSTRATED series shows you what you need to know.
Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking
Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking is a handy resource on the fundamentals of great trail food, including information about food preparation and storage, cooking tips for different weather, keeping food fresh, and planning and packing meals plus recipes for great outdoor meals. In partnership with outdoor leader Outward Bound, this book combines expert instruction with practical tips to ensure a fun and a satisfying meal for your next outdoor adventure.
The National Outdoor Leadership School's book of Expedition Planning is a most valuable resource for anyone contemplating a big trip. In NOLS Expedition Planning you'll learn how to plan and prepare for trips of all kinds, from domestic excursions to international expeditions. This book will give you all the tools and resources you need to help answer all your trip-planning questions.