Wilderness Basics: Get the Most from Your Hiking, Backpacking, and Camping Adventure: Mountaineers Outdoor Basics

training staple for those wanting to build their outdoor skills. It is the text used in the San Diego Sierra Club chapter's

signature Wilderness Basics Course (WBC) and is written by chapter members. Updates to this new edition include:

Outdoor Ethics latest Leave No Trace practices

Conditioning now with advice on useful massage

Outfitting updates on water treatment methods and filters, trekking pole types and benefits, and pack covers

Ultralight Backpacking all-new chapter

Foods and Cooking new information on how not to dirty a pot, in-the-bag cooking, vegetarian cooking, and Dutch

oven cooking

Navigation compass-reading updates

Wilderness Travel new info on "wag bags," bug protection, and building a campfire

Winter Adventures warming exercises and heat packs, snow latrine tips, emergency shelter information

There's more, too, in this exh