Outdoor category: 2147 books

When Peter DeLeo set out one Sunday morning on a sightseeing and photography trip over the central Sierra Nevada mountains in California, he had no idea that he would soon be fighting for his life with the odds stacked very much against him. DeLeo's single-engine plane encountered turbulence, and...

Seminal book updated by author of the acclaimed Advanced Rock Climbing Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions 400 new color photos demonstrate techniques For this new edition of Rock Climbing Anchors, climber and writer Topher Donahue carefully reviewed each technique and lesson, making them even...

Team Bad Decision follows the tale of Travis Greenwood and Scott Daniels as they dive headfirst into learning how to hunt the western backcountry.  Their journey flows from the Cascade Mountains of Washington State to the Rockies of Colorado in pursuit of bear, deer and elk.   The story of...

First published in 1884, Woodcraft and Camping is a classic outdoors manual that has never been out of print. Author George Washington Sears, the Father of American Camping, fills his short book with concise advice on camping, hiking, building a fire, cooking out, shelters, tools and equipment, hunting...

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top Ed Viesturs, one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, explores the remarkable history of...

"If you breathe and have a pulse, you NEED this book." -Cody Lundin  Cody Lundin, director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, shares his own brand of wilderness wisdom in this highly anticipated new book on commonsense, modern survival skills for the backcountry,...

Top Seven Knots and the Use of the Windlass   1. Jam, 2. Constrictor, 3. Non-inverting Slippery Bowline, 4. Slippery Sheet Bend, 5. Slippery Figure of 8, 6. Prusik, 7. Reef. As knots are found in families, there are a few bonus knots included. Favour the ones you find most...

Tools of Survival and Survival Training   This is a training booklet that applies to all walks of life, including the sharpness of the knife one chooses to use in survival. The time taken to master knife sharpening is highly variable. Once you know what to do the fast learner...

The New York Times bestseller that reveals the safety, security, and survival techniques that 99% of Americans don’t know—but should When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting...

  Knife Sharpening This is a training booklet that applies to all walks of life, including the sharpness of the knife one chooses to use in survival. The time taken to master knife sharpening is highly variable. Once you know what to do the fast learner takes about 4 accumulated...

  Survival Kit Ideas This booklet assists in developing the rationale in compiling a "survival" kit, specifically the 2 kg. kit. It requires a good read and is of no real use to you in the field. Written by Mors Kochanski

Basic Wilderness Survival in Cold Lacking Snow This is a concise training booklet that would require at least a three day course to cover the skills involved. It is the most important booklet of the series and the information in the other booklets is supplementary to it. Fire and shelter...

Basic Wilderness Survival in Deep Snow This training booklet involving shelters that incorporate snow, the safe use and construction of the Roycraft snowshoe, the concise coverage of dressing for the cold which supplements "Basic Wilderness Survival in Cold Lacking Snow". Written by Mors Kochanski

  Map Use With a topographic map in front of you and the basic information in this booklet to augment it you may get more out of using the map. Written by Mors Kochanski