Introduction | p. 6 |
Campcraft and Travel | p. 10 |
Off the beaten track | p. 12 |
Planning & Preparation | p. 14 |
Planning your trip | p. 16 |
First thoughts | p. 18 |
Getting your team together | p. 20 |
Planning the budget | p. 22 |
Money and insurance | p. 23 |
Risk assessment | p. 24 |
Personal paperwork | p. 26 |
Vehicle-related paperwork | p. 28 |
Medical preparations | p. 30 |
Medical and first-aid kits | p. 32 |
Physical fitness | p. 34 |
Travelling as a group | p. 38 |
Travelling with young people | p. 40 |
Travelling alone | p. 42 |
Basic Equipment | p. 44 |
Choosing your equipment | p. 46 |
Clothing for temperate climates | p. 48 |
Clothing for hot and dry climate | p. 50 |
Clothing for hot and wet climates | p. 52 |
Clothing for cold and dry climates | p. 54 |
Clothing for cold and wet climate | p. 56 |
Footwear | p. 58 |
Personal camp kit | p. 60 |
Basic survival kit | p. 64 |
Group camp kit | p. 66 |
Choosing a tem | p. 68 |
Sleeping bags | p. 72 |
Other sleeping equipment | p. 76 |
Backpacks and carrying equipment | p. 78 |
Cooking stoves | p. 82 |
Cooking equipment | p. 84 |
Additional gear | p. 86 |
Tools | p. 88 |
Caring for your equipment | p. 90 |
Preparing your equipment | p. 92 |
Packing your gear | p. 94 |
Navigation & Signalling | p. 96 |
Reading a map | p. 98 |
The compass | p. 100 |
Using a map and compass | p. 102 |
Navigation by the sun, moon and stars | p. 104 |
Other natural signposts | p. 108 |
Signalling | p. 110 |
Signalling while on the move | p. 114 |
Gelling Around & Adventure Sports | p. 116 |
Planning your day's travel | p. 118 |
Walking; what you need | p. 120 |
Walking technique | p. 122 |
Daily walking routine | p. 124 |
Cycling: what you need | p. 126 |
Cycle training | p. 128 |
Dairy cycling routine | p. 130 |
Rock climbing what you need | p. 132 |
Rock climbing warming up | p. 134 |
Rock climbing technique | p. 136 |
Rock climbing: using your feet | p. 138 |
Rock climbing: using your hands | p. 140 |
Rock climbing' basic moves | p. 142 |
Kayak and canoe touring: what you need | p. 144 |
Kayaking warming up | p. 146 |
Getting into the kayak | p. 147 |
Capsize drill in a kayak | p. 148 |
Holding the paddle | p. 150 |
Forward paddling | p. 151 |
Backward paddling | p. 152 |
Stopping | p. 153 |
Canoeing getting in and posture | p. 154 |
Capsize drill in a canoe | p. 155 |
Holding the paddle | p. 156 |
Forward paddling in tandem | p. 157 |
Forward paddling alone | p. 158 |
Backward paddling and stopping | p. 159 |
Daily routine on a paddling trip | p. 160 |
Travelling by horse what you need | p. 162 |
Daily routine on horseback | p. 164 |
Travelling with pack animals | p. 166 |
Travelling by camel | p. 168 |
Vehicle transport | p. 170 |
Public transport | p. 172 |
Campcraft | p. 174 |
Choosing a campsite | p. 176 |
Camp layout | p. 178 |
Electing tents | p. 180 |
Base camps | p. 184 |
lightweight camping | p. 186 |
Camp safety and hygiene | p. 188 |
Personal hygiene | p. 190 |
Camp fires | p. 192 |
Alternative shelters | p. 195 |
Useful knots | p. 196 |
Using an axe | p. 202 |
Using a saw | p. 203 |
Striking camp | p. 204 |
Nutrition & food | p. 206 |
Nutritional needs | p. 208 |
Planning your food | p. 210 |
Local foods | p. 212 |
Dry foods | p. 214 |
Canned arid pouch foods | p. 215 |
Packing your food | p. 216 |
Planning your outdoor kitchen | p. 218 |
Food hygiene and storage | p. 220 |
Cooking over a fire | p. 222 |
Cooking on stoves | p. 224 |
Lightweight camp menus | p. 226 |
Hue camp cooking | p. 228 |
Base camp sample recipes | p. 230 |
Cooking without utensils | p. 232 |
Clean water | p. 234 |
Nature & the environment | p. 236 |
Personal safety | p. 238 |
Looking after the environment | p. 240 |
Natural hazards: vegetation | p. 242 |
Natural hazards: wildlife | p. 244 |
Surviving wild animal attacks | p. 246 |
Understanding the weather | p. 250 |
Hot weather | p. 252 |
Cold weather | p. 254 |
Hot-weather effects | p. 256 |
Cold-weather effects | p. 258 |
Dehydration | p. 260 |
Surviving acts of nature | p. 262 |
Natural hazards: landscapes | p. 268 |
Surviving arctic conditions | p. 270 |
Wilderness Skills | p. 272 |
Adapting to extreme territory | p. 274 |
Shelter | p. 176 |
Choosing a place to shelter | p. 278 |
Building a debris hut | p. 280 |
Building a sacked debris wall | p. 282 |
Building a long-term shelter | p. 284 |
Snow shelters | p. 288 |
Building a quinze shelter | p. 290 |
Snow caves and other shelters | p. 292 |
Finding shelter in the desert | p. 294 |
Building a desert shelter | p. 296 |
Building a jungle shelter | p. 298 |
Hygiene and waste disposal | p. 300 |
Making soaps and toiletries | p. 302 |
Maintaining health and safety | p. 304 |
Fire | p. 306 |
Fire for survival | p. 308 |
Firelighters and fuels | p. 310 |
Lighting fires using friction | p. 312 |
The bow drill | p. 314 |
The hand drill | p. 318 |
The pump drill | p. 320 |
Jungle fire | p. 322 |
Arctic lire | p. 323 |
Building a fire | p. 324 |
Keeping a fire going | p. 325 |
Building a fire for cooking | p. 326 |
Using hot rocks for cooking | p. 328 |
Cooking food in a covered pit | p. 329 |
Water | p. 330 |
The importance of water | p. 332 |
Finding a safe water supply | p. 334 |
Natural sources of water | p. 336 |
Filtering and purifying water | p. 338 |
Further ways to find and treat water | p. 340 |
Bush tucker | p. 342 |
Edible places | p. 344 |
Wildlife food sources | p. 346 |
Tracking animals | p. 348 |
Sulking animals | p. 350 |
Setting animal traps | p. 354 |
Fishing techniques | p. 356 |
Making and using a throwing stick | p. 358 |
Skinning and butchering an animal | p. 360 |
Preserving men and other animal products | p. 362 |
Making buckskin for clothes | p. 363 |
Tools & Equipment | p. 366 |
Basic food bowls and containers | p. 368 |
Weaving a basket | p. 370 |
Crafting simple pottery | p. 372 |
Making a bow for hunting | p. 374 |
Making arrows | p. 376 |
Making basic stone tools | p. 378 |
Working with bones and sticks | p. 380 |
Working with natural resins and oils | p. 382 |
Making cordage | p. 384 |
The Urban Landscape | p. 386 |
Minimizing risk at home and abroad | p. 388 |
Defending yourself | p. 390 |
Identifying the risk of attack | p. 392 |
Attacks on women | p. 394 |
Learning to defend yourself | p. 396 |
Using improvised weapons | p. 400 |
Frontal attack | p. 402 |
Attack from behind | p. 404 |
Attacks with knurs and other weapons | p. 406 |
Strangulation | p. 410 |
Head bun | p. 413 |
Bag snatching | p. 414 |
Sexual assaults | p. 416 |
Survival in the home | p. 420 |
Safety in the home | p. 422 |
Safety for children and the infirm | p. 424 |
Making your garden safe | p. 426 |
Guarding against break-ins | p. 428 |
Enhancing your security | p. 430 |
Dealing with an intruder | p. 432 |
Fire m the home | p. 434 |
Gat leaks | p. 436 |
Flooding | p. 437 |
Emergency escape | p. 438 |
Emergency home shelter | p. 440 |
Surviving on the move | p. 442 |
Safeguarding yourself and your possessions | p. 444 |
Surviving city streets | p. 445 |
Coping with dangerous road situations | p. 446 |
Dealing with mechanical failure | p. 448 |
Getting out of a skid | p. 450 |
Fire in a vehicle | p. 452 |
Drivers' survival strategies | p. 453 |
Choosing a sale seat | p. 454 |
Transport accidents on land | p. 456 |
When things go wrong in the air | p. 458 |
Surviving an air emergency | p. 460 |
Abandoning ship | p. 462 |
Survival at sea | p. 464 |
Survival at the seashore | p. 466 |
Travelling abroad | p. 468 |
Surviving terrorism & conflict | p. 470 |
Being street smart | p. 472 |
Being taken prisoner or hostage | p. 474 |
Survival in capacity | p. 476 |
Transport hi pets | p. 478 |
Bombs and explosives | p. 480 |
Toxic gases and poison | p. 482 |
War zones | p. 484 |
Survival in the workplace | p. 486 |
Life-saving first aid | p. 488 |
First-ltd essentials and assessment | p. 490 |
Rescue and resuscitation | p. 492 |
Moving an injured person | p. 404 |
Dressing wounds | p. 496 |
Bone fractures | p. 498 |
Managing spinal and neck injuries | p. 500 |
Burns, shock and extreme temperatures | p. 502 |
Treating alcohol and drug poisoning | p. 504 |
Treating the victims of road accidents | p. 506 |
Index | p. 508 |
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