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Rowman & Littlefield Canoeing Wild Rivers: The 30th Anniversary Guide to Expedition Canoeing in North America
The 30th Anniversary Edition of the classic Expedition Canoeinghas long been considered the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North America's waterways. This thirtieth-anniversary edition expertly details everything you need to know about paddling the continent's wild rivers. Outdoors writer and wilderness canoe guide Cliff Jacobson draws on his thirty-plus years of river running to give you sound advice, fresh new ideas, and advanced techniques for canoeing in the wilderness. Completely updated and revised, inside you'll find dozens of full-color photos, how-to illustrations, source charts, canoeing and camping tricks, a chapter full of hard-won advice from more than twenty-five of Jacobson's fellow canoeing experts, and a brand new chapter devoted to paddling desert and swamp rivers. Look inside to find: ·How to pick a crew ·Route and trip planning ·Canoeing and camping gear ·Navigating by map, compass, and GPS ·How to deal with dangerous bears ·Canoe hazards and rescue ·Barren-land travel ·Preparation and skills are everything when canoeing wild rivers. Take along this guide on all of your canoeing adventures.
£25.00
RLPG Outdoor Knots
£9.99
Rowman & Littlefield Camping's Top Secrets: A Lexicon of Modern Bushcraft
£17.09
Rowman & Littlefield Basic Illustrated Knots for the Outdoors
BASIC ILLUSTRATED KNOTS FOR THE OUTDOORS (Falcon)Cliff JacobsonA full-color manual for every outdoor enthusiastIn full color, this illustrated how-to book covers the top ten most important knots and hitches, twenty-two variations, and four essential splices and lashings. There are right-handed and left-handed instructions and illustrations for tying each knot, plus tips on buying and maintaining ropes and choosing the correct knot for the task at hand. This guide is easy to follow and small enough to carry outdoors.Cliff Jacobson is an outdoors writer and wilderness canoe guide. He is a retired teacher of environmental science, and the author of more than a dozen successful books on canoeing and camping. He lives in River Falls, Wisconsin.
£12.99