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This featherweight little book will keep you out of trouble in the wilds by helping you make decisions like a veteran wilderness traveler. It will help you get the most from the food and gear you carry on your back, making your trip safer, more comfortable and, above all, more fun.

HOW TO...make quick repairs to packs, boots, tents, beds and stoves...choose and develop a campsite for maximum comfort and shelter...deal with emergencies, storms and other difficulties...treat blisters, hypothermia, sunburn, bleeding, elevation sickness, etc... keep snug, dry, comfortable and warm in heavy weather.

PLUS TIPS ON fire building, cooking, water treatment, getting found when lost, hiking, climbing, cross-country and route-finding techniques.

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Finding an Ideal Pace . . . How Much to Carry? . . .

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  • Title The 2 Oz. Backpacker: A Problem Solving Manual for Use in the Wilds
  • Author Robert S. Wood
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, Berkeley, CA
  • Publication date 1982-05-01
  • ISBN 9780898150704 / 0898150701
  • Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.5 x 3.9 x 0.5 in (16.51 x 9.91 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Backpacking
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 82080236
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.51

About the author

The author of several books ROBERT S. WOOD has written on subjects ranging from trout fishing to medicine to philosophy, always searching for ways to better his life. An avid outdoorsman and traveler, Robert makes his home half-the-year in California, the other in Arizona.
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