Edited by Robert C. Etheredge
179 Pages
Trade Paperback
2004, Mira Vista Press
$12.95
ISBN: 0-966580-41-9
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What a great idea for a book - a small lightweight guide that packs tons of useful and fun information for campers and backpackers in one handy neat little package. No scout troop or family of camping enthusiasts should be without it.

The editor has done a great job of accumulating information that will aid the camper's mind, body and soul. In addition to outdoor survival tips for just about any situation you may encounter, you'll also find a small collection of short adventure tales - perfect for sharing around the campfire, as well as all time favorite poems, to read aloud or just reflect on amid the beauty of nature. There's even poker instructions should you want to play a friendly game. And the "Seven Principles of Leave No Trace" will help you leave the territory in the same shape you found it. But it is the book's practical information that makes it such a valuable addition to any and every backpack.

Should disaster ever strike, you'll be far better equipped to handle it with this guide in your possession. In case you ever get lost, the navigation tips alone could mean the difference between survival and disaster.

Included in navigation information: convert magnetic to true bearing; determining angles with your hand; determining distances across river; determining distance of objects; directions from the constellation Orion; directions from the sun's shadow; directions at noon; directions from a crescent moon; directions using a watch; directions using the north star; telling time at night; and star charts.

Other tips and instruction categories include:

• Outdoor Cooking Tips, including high altitude cooking, measurement conversions and treating water for safe drinking and cooking.
• First Aid, including blisters, burns, choking, CPR, frostbite, heat stroke/exhaustion, hypothermia, hypoxia (lack of oxygen), nose bleeds, removing a fish hook, shock, snake bites and ticks.
• Knots: bowline, clinch knot, clove hitch, figure eight, fisherman's knot, prussic, sheepshank, sheet bend, square knot, tautline hitch, timber hitch and two half hitches.
• Survival: bear tracks, catching game for food, collecting water using plants, distress signals, Morse code, picking a good campsite, soap making, using a solar still to get water.
• What To Do In Case Of: avalanche, bears, crossing a stream, forest fire, lightening, lost, mountain lion, quicksand, traveling on ice.

Sample Selections from The Camper's Companion: Tips & Tales for the Trail

• What To Do in Case of Avalanche
• First Aid: Heat Exhaustion vs. Heat Stroke
• How to Make a Solar Still for Safe Drinking Water
• Navigation: Using the Sun's Shadow to Determine Direction
• Navigation: Using a Watch to Determine Direction

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