outdoor life

"Wherever adventure takes you, take this book! Survival Handbook: An Essential Companion to the Great Outdoors includes crucial tips on exactly what you need to know to survive even the most unexpected circumstances. Also included are useful items to help you survive in the wild: reflective stickers, a foldable cup, a reflective sheet, and even a removable string binding! This illustrated guide shows you how to make a shelter, build a fire, locate clean water, forage for food, avoid deadly animals, protect yourself from bad weather, and find your way back home safely afterward. Whether you're lost, hungry, burned, or buried, knowing essential emergency survival skills could literally mean the difference between life and death. Don't go into the wild without this book!"--.

Mike Longridge, given a choice between juvenile detention or participation in an outdoor program called Explore, opts for ten months in the Explore classes, but he feels out of place and must decide whether to stick it out or wind up in trouble again.

A young boy runs away from home to live in the wild on the site that used to be his grandfather's farm.

Recounts the experiences of the author while she was a national park ranger in locations across the United States.

"Students looking to pursue a career that takes them out of the office and puts them directly into nature can look to several careers that build on an interest in the natural sciences, ecology, the environment, historical preservation, archaeology, and agriculture. This volume provides need-to-know information on various careers." -- Google Books.

"... this portable guide includes ... information on how to track, trap, kill, and prepare various types of animals; select bait, land fish, and clean and cook the catch; recognize edible plants, fruits, berries, and nuts; locate bird eggs; catch edible insects; and find potable water. Also included is information on building a fire and preparing food without utensils"--Provided by publisher.

Brothers Winston and Nelson are couch potatoes, so their dad takes them to the great outdoors for an adventure.

Extreme Mountain Climbing presents the thrills and spills of this intriguing extreme sport.

A guidebook to survival in the wilderness.

Provides advanced techniques for making tools, traps, shelters, and more, in the wilderness.