Getting About in the Great Outdoors (Puffin Books) - Softcover

GETTING ABOUT IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS

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W. Fraser Sandercombe
(Burlington, ON, Canada)

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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Revised Edition. 224 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings, maps and diagrams. The Chapters are: How to Make the Outdoors Great; The Great Outdoors Indoors: Tuning Yourself Up; Looking the Part; Personal Equipment - Gym in the Trees: Ropes Obstacle Courses - Cross Country Walking Skiing and Cycling: Basic Safety; Keeping the Right Temperature; How to Read a Map; Nordic Ski Equipment; Cyclo-cross; The Right Bike; Techniques - Hill Walking Scrambling and Gorge Walking: Hazards; Planning Your Route; The Route Card; Taking a Compass Bearing; Walking on Snow; Using an Ice Axe; Crampons - Bivouacking Camping and Snow Holing: Lightweight Camping Kit; Getting There; How to Make a Snow-Hole Shelter - Fell Running and Orienteering: Equipment; Racing; Selecting a Course; Setting the Map - Lake and River Rafting: Making a Flat Water Raft; Rafting River Rapids - Flat and White Water Canoeing: Choice of Canoe; How to Start; Using the Paddle; The Eskimo Roll; Slalom Canoeing - Rock and Ice Climbing: Practice on the Ground; Top Roping; Abseiling; Multi-pitch Rock Climbs; Individual Kit; Communal Equipment; Ice Climbing; Cold Climbing Kit - Caving and Potholing: What to Look Out for in a Cave System; Personal Kit; How to Manoeuvre - Hang Gliding: Is it Safe; Hang Gliding School; Simulated Flight; Tethered Flight; Solo - Small Boat Sailing and Windsurfing: Sailing a Dinghy; Steering; Windsurfing Technique - Broadening Your Horizons: Where to Gain Experience - and Appendices: First Aid. Book. Seller Inventory # 217977

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