Search Results for ‘Sports - Outdoor’, ‘Skills & Techniques Guides’ - 31 matches found

Carnica Region - Rosental - Klagenfurt

One of the titles in a series of outdoor leisure maps with hiking and cycling routes and other tourist information including GPS waypoints, huts and refuges, local bus stops, etc. The maps have contours...

Krušné Hory Central

One of the titles in a series of hiking maps of popular regions of the Czech Republic, part of an extensive coverage of hiking areas of Central Europe from Kompass - the largest publishers of walking...

The Noblest Invention: An Illustrated History of the Bicycle

A great book to drool over when bad weather keeps you out of the saddle and it's too dark in the shed to be messing around with ball bearings and grease. With a foreword by Lance Armstrong and 250 colour...

A Chance in a Million? Scottish Avalanches.

Fully updated edition of the classic handbook, covering all aspects of safety and procedure. The history of avalanches in the British Isles is covered in detail.

Bushcraft Survival

From the Hudson Bay in Canada, via Tanzania and the jungles of Venezuela, to the moors and highlands of Britain, Ray Mears explores a range of locations and techniques from indigenous peoples.
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Mountaincraft and Leadership

This book contains a vast amount of information, from campcraft and expeditions, rivercrossing, mountain weather and leadership to snow and avalanches. Covers first aid and other injures in great detail...

The Cascais-Sintra Area - A Walker's Guide

Once upon a time a retired petroleum geologist perceived the need for detailed mapping suitable for walking and exploring the Sintra hills region, at a scale larger than that provided by the 1:25,000...

The Independent Walker's Guide to Great Britain

The Long Distance Walker's Handbook

Concise descriptions of every known waymarked and un-waymarked long distance trail in the UK. Each entry includes grid references for the start and finish points of the walk, what Ordnance Survey Landranger...

The SAS Survival Handbook

Best-selling survival guide, a complete survival course and well-organised reference guide. Clear illustrations explain how to survive every possibly calamity and crisis from a slip on a slope to a...

The Walker's Companion

A compendium of walking-related facts, quotes, statistics and historical notes compiled from the Ramblers' Association archives, literature and rambling ramblers. Packed with useful & quirky facts...

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

How to get out alive from almost every possible life or death situation. The book is divided into sections like Great Escapes and Entrances, Leaps of Faith, Adventure Survival. Each one including gems...

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel

More from the authors of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. This time useful suggestions focus on situations the traveller might encounter(!): How to crash-land a plane on water, how to foil...

Getting to Grips with GPS

An accessible guide which begins with the basics of maps, coordinate systems and traditional navigation techniques before progressing to an explanation of GPS technology, what it allows you to do and...

GPS For Walkers

This Pathfinder guide introduces to the use of GPS and digital mapping for walkers in an easy-to-use, step-by-step manner. “GPS for Walkers” uses non-technical language to introduce walkers to choosing...

How to Rock Climb!

This illustrated guide is for beginners and intermediate climbers alike. Contains all of the fundamentals from equipment, face climbing skills, crack climbing skills and getting down to training for...

Mountain Weather

David Pedgley’s Cicerone guide to Mountain Weather is a valuable resource for hill-walkers and climbers wanting to plan their activities so as to avoid inconvenience and dangers posed by bad weather...

The Basic Essentials of First Aid for the Outdoors

This guide will teach you the basics of dealing with a variety of conditions and injuries including sprains, fractures, dislocations, bites, stings and more. Also contains diagrams and sketches.

The Basic Essentials of Survival

This slim guide provides the reader with the basics of how to survive a misadventure in the wilderness. From making a fire to making a survival camp. Includes sections on basic survival kit and the...

The Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook

Outdoor first-aid guide, based on techniques used by the world-renowned Outward Bound organisation. Complete with numerous diagrams and drawings, this handbook is a must for anyone heading into nature...