Backpacker Outdoor Hazards: Avoiding Trouble in the Backcountry

by Dave L. Anderson

Book Overview

To avoid outdoor hazards when hiking and backpacking, readers will want Backpacker magazine's Outdoor Hazards. This durable, packable, full-color package, written by longtime wilderness guide Dave Anderson, covers hazards such as poor planning, stinging insects, poisonous plants, large mammals, steep terrain, lightning storms, avalanches, river crossings, hypothermia, and psychological hazards.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762772964
• ISBN13: 9780762772964
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.9"