Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook

Author: MR Mors Kochanski
Publisher: Karamat Wilderness Ways
ISBN: 9781894453684
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
"Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook" was compiled for outdoor educators and the Junior Forest Warden movement mostly from articles originally published in "Wilderness Arts and Recreation Magazine" that had become out of print but much sought after. Some of the articles were the basis for Kochanski's "Bushcraft." A small fraction of the book will seem familiar but the rest makes an excellent complement to "Bushcraft" which devotes a minimum of references to actual survival while "Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook" is mostly survival.

Bushcraft

Author: Mors L. Kochanski
Publisher: Lone Pine Pub
ISBN: 9781551051222
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Longtime wilderness educator Mors Kochanski has dedicated his life to learning and teaching about the lore of the forest. With clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams and a color photo supplement, this comprehensive reference includes all the practical skills and knowledge essential for you to survive and enjoy the wilderness: * Lighting and maintaining a fire * Chopping wood and felling a tree * Creating a shelter and keeping warm * Safe use of the axe and bush knife * Plants and animals important for survival * Food, water and outdoor cooking * Wilderness first aid. * This bestseller should be required reading for hikers, campers, hunters, foresters, backwoods adventurers, scouts, youth groups--anyone with a passion for the outdoors.

Grand Syllabus

Author: Mors Kochanski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781894453677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Mors Kochanski's enthusiasm for wilderness recreation, his extensive knowledge of the field, and his desire to learn everything there is to know about the wilderness has made him one of the foremost authorities on wilderness skills in the world. In a time when much of today's literature is a regurgitation of skills and repackaging of methodology, The Grand Syllabus is as original as Kochanski's highly acclaimed book, Bushcraft. An "all inclusive" syllabus of topics once taught now and again by Mors Kochanski at the University level and in his Extended Summer and Winter Courses and the Survival Instructor Trainee Program. The Grand Syllabus is a compilation derived from the four courses (The Introduction of Outdoor Education, Cold Weather Outdoor Living Skills, Warm Weather Outdoor Living Skills and Primitive Pioneering and Natural Crafting) he taught for the Faculty of Physical Education, The University of Alberta, Edmonton for 23 years. Truly complimentary to the informative material he has already produced, this syllabus is what Mors would say is a list of specific skills you would need to become a well-rounded instructor. As a whole, it is a compilation of wilderness knowledge and skills of special interest to instructors would be instructors and serious students. While not intended for the beginner, should they decide to purchase, they will have a longtime reference in which to grow.

Out on the Land

Author: Ray Mears
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472924991
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
'Fifty years into my life journey I realise that, while I love remote wild places and the peoples I meet there, it is in forests that I find the greatest joy. Of all the forests that I have explored, it is the great circumpolar Boreal forest of the North that calls to me most. Here is a landscape where bush knowledge really counts and where experience counts even more ... This book has been thirty years in the making.' Out on the Land is an absorbing exploration of, and tribute to, the circumpolar Boreal forest of the North: its landscape, its people, their cultures and skills, the wilderness that embodies it, and its immense beauty. The book is vast in scope and covers every aspect of being in the wilderness in both winter and summer (clothing, kit, skills, cooking, survival), revealing the age-old traditions and techniques, and how to carry them out yourself. It also includes case studies of early explorers, as well as modern-day adventurers who found themselves stranded in the forest and forced to work out a way to survive. So much more than a bushcraft manual, this book goes deeper, to the traditions and cultures that gave us these skills, as well as focusing on the detail itself. Ray and Lars's practical advice is wound around a deep love for the forest, respect and admiration for the people who live there and sheer enjoyment of the stunning scenery.

Northern Bush Craft

Author: Mors L. Kochanski
Publisher: Lone Pine Pub.
ISBN: 9780919433519
Category : Outdoor life
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
This book provides practical advice on skills required for prolonged stays in the wilderness, using a minimum of materials and tools. Includes information on shelter construction, fire technology, proper care and use of axes, saws and knives, and much more.

The Youth Guide to Forests

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251084351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This fact-filled guide explores forests from the equator to the frozen poles, the depths of the rainforest to the mountain forests at high altitudes. It also demonstrates the many benefits that forests provide us with, discusses the negative impacts that humans unfortunately have on forests and explains how good management can help protect and conserve forests and forest biodiversity. At the end of the guide, inspiring examples of youth-led initiatives and an easy-to-follow action plan will help young people develop their own forest conservation activities and projects.

The Field and Forest Handy Book

Author: Daniel Carter Beard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 456

Book Description

Ray Mears Outdoor Survival Handbook

Author: Ray Mears
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446491137
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Let Ray Mears, the grand master of bushcraft, teach you everything you need to know about how to survive outdoors. Ray's in-depth knowledge, and years of practical experience will equip you with the know-how you need to make the most of the great outdoors and experience it to the full. 'I wanted a book on basic survival and bushcraft relevant to UK and this hit the spot' -- ***** Reader review 'This is a permanent resident in my rucksack and I read it over and over' -- ***** Reader review 'Great book by the grand master of bushcraft' -- ***** Reader review 'What can you say - it's Ray Mears and he's brilliant. Like all his stuff, very good.' -- ***** Reader review 'Very clear, informative and easy to understand' -- ***** Reader review 'Ruddy good read! The man knows his stuff!' -- ***** Reader review *************************************************************************************************** Ray Mears' Outdoor Survival Handbook is a book of discovery, explaining the everyday skills you need to live in and enjoy the natural world. Season by season, this unique guide, with line illustrations, describes the resources and materials available in the wild and how to use them. Whether you want to spend a day, a week or a month out of doors, Ray Mears' Outdoor Survival Handbook will help you enjoy it to the full. Learn how to identify animal tracks, make a simple camp bed and shelter out of natural materials, pick edible fungi, smoke meat and fish, transport a fire and weave baskets, and many other essential skills... Packed with practical tips, insights into nature and respect for traditional knowledge, this is a book for families, groups and individual hikers and climbers - for everyone who enjoys outdoor life.

Gwelf: The Survival Guide

Author: Larry Macdougall
Publisher: Eye of Newt Books
ISBN: 9781777081737
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Dear reader, We welcome and encourage tourists of all kinds in Gwelf. The survival guide will tell you what to expect, what equipment to pack, who to trust and hire as a guide, and where to rest for the night in this magical land steeped in history and mystery. Tips and tricks on how to best enjoy your stay in the more populous areas and cities, together with crucial survival techniques for how to avoid or overcome haunts, ragteeth, mange, or raven machinations cannot be found in any other resource. As a bonus, you'll learn some Gwelf history and lore and get to know some of the locals and our culture. Indeed, so charming and wondrous is Gwelf that occasionally tourists decide to stay and become citizens, joining the ranks of the border patrol; settling in a town as a merchant, artist, or voyeur; or simply retiring to the country or farmlands. Tragically, there have been some that have stayed, but not by choice. We, the council, fear that this has cast a negative light on our beauteous realm. Rest assured that should you follow the precautions outlined in our guide, you will be quite safe, as it is the council's intention to provide this book as a resource so that future mishaps might be avoided . . .

The Complete Wilderness Training Book

Author: Hugh McManners
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Whether you are an avid outdoors person or would simply like some survival knowledge just in case you need it, The Complete Wilderness Training Book teaches you all the skills necessary for living off the land -- even in the most adverse conditions. Illustrated with more than 950 color photographs and illustrations, including many step-by-step sequences, The Complete Wilderness Training Book offers an unparalleled understanding of the outdoors. It contains hundreds of specific techniques for staying warm and dry, obtaining food and water, traveling and getting help, including making a foliage bed, testing plants for poison, making a compass, splinting a broken arm, and surviving a blizzard. During his 16 years in the British Army, Hugh McManners served as a paratrooper and combat-survival instructor. Here he shares with you the knowledge that has meant the difference between life and death for him on a number of occasions.