Molly Absolon Livres

Essential for outdoor enthusiasts, this guide offers practical skills for navigating the wilderness using a compass, altimeter, and maps, alongside GPS technology. It breaks down navigation into key topics, making it accessible for both beginners and those with intermediate skills. Full-color photos and illustrations enhance the clear text, ensuring that readers can effectively learn and apply essential techniques for safe outdoor adventures. Compact and portable, it's an ideal resource for any backpacker.

Focusing on practical outdoor safety, this guide offers essential first-aid knowledge for handling everything from minor injuries to serious backcountry emergencies. It covers topics such as assessing shock, managing fractures, treating bites, and dealing with environmental illnesses. The book emphasizes portability, making it easy to carry, and includes full-color illustrations to enhance understanding. With clear, concise instructions, it equips readers with the skills needed for safe outdoor adventures.

The Ultimate Guide to Whitewater Rafting and River Camping is a comprehensive reference and tool that rafters can use to cement their knowledge and to guide them in their own trip planning.

Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking is a handy resource on the fundamentals of great trail food, including information about food preparation and storage, cooking tips for different weather, keeping food fresh, and planning and packing meals plus recipes for great outdoor meals.

Packed with rich photographs and essential information, this guide serves both novices and experienced winter adventurers. It covers trip preparation, equipment selection, and safe clothing choices. Readers will learn to construct snow shelters, set up tents on snow, and cook winter meals. Additionally, the book emphasizes safety in snowy backcountry and provides tips for creating a winter camping repair kit, making it a comprehensive resource for winter hiking and camping enthusiasts.

Essential survival skills are covered, including trip planning, shelter building, fire starting, and navigation techniques. The book emphasizes avoiding common mistakes that lead to survival situations, while also offering guidance on wilderness first aid. It's designed for easy portability, making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. Full-color photos and illustrations enhance the clear, concise text, providing practical knowledge for both beginners and those with intermediate skills to thrive in the wilderness.

Focusing on family outdoor adventures, this guide offers practical advice for hiking and camping with children of all ages. It covers essential topics such as packing essentials, trail games, and kid-friendly snacks, ensuring a fun and safe experience. The book features clear, concise text and full-color photos to enhance understanding of basic and intermediate outdoor skills. Designed for easy portability, it serves as a handy resource for families looking to explore nature together.

Survival scenarios are vividly illustrated through a collection of true stories, drawn from credible sources and the author's own experiences as a NOLS instructor. Each tale is followed by an analysis of the critical decisions and factors that led to the survival situation, offering practical outdoor survival tactics. Readers will gain insights into navigating emergencies in the wilderness, making this a valuable resource for anyone interested in outdoor adventures and survival skills.

This pocket-sized guide offers a wealth of illustrated tips for winter camping enthusiasts, emphasizing essential gear, safety protocols, and weather considerations. It also covers necessary skills to ensure a successful and enjoyable winter camping experience, all endorsed by Backpacker magazine.

Featuring a variety of trail-tested recipes, this guide offers everything from breakfasts to desserts, including beverages from the "Backcountry Bartender" column. It provides practical tips for preparing meals in the backcountry, making it an ideal resource for outdoor enthusiasts. The book is designed for easy portability, presenting essential topics with clear text and full-color photos. It equips readers with both basic and intermediate skills necessary for successful outdoor cooking and survival.