Description

Ultra­light Sur­vival Kit is the first book of back­pack­ing tips that is itself ultra­light! It focus­es on all of the skills and tech­niques that hik­ers and back­pack­ers would want at their fin­ger­tips while in the out­doors. Per­fect for back­pack­ers from begin­ner to advanced, this book contains:

• Worst-case-sce­nario advice you’d want handy if stuck in a pre­car­i­ous situation.
• Tips for the most com­mon trail con­cerns, from light­ning to blisters.
• Sug­ges­tions for keep­ing your pack light or ultra­light with­out sac­ri­fic­ing the must-haves
• Top­ics like: how to identify/treat reac­tions to poi­so­nous plants, how to han­dle ani­mal encoun­ters, how to iden­ti­fy ani­mal tracks, how to build a fire, need-to-know essen­tial knots, how to pre­dict weath­er pat­terns, how to repair or replace gear with lim­it­ed mate­ri­als, and how to deal with the ele­ments when you don’t have a lot of gear on your back

The book is for­mat­ted to make learn­ing easy and user-friend­ly. This pock­et-size book of tips is con­ve­nient to car­ry with you should you desire, but also includes advice you can eas­i­ly digest ahead of time than add weight to your pack. The infor­ma­tion is time test­ed in more than 35,000 miles of hik­ing expe­ri­ence. Read­ers will be able to adapt their sur­round­ings to the tech­niques shown in the book and safe­ly over­come chal­lenges that may oth­er­wise have turned them back.