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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Touring Afoot
Claude Powell Fordyce
116 pages~2 hr 18 min read45 chapters$4.99
Everything you need for a walking trip you can carry on your back, if you pack it right. Claude Fordyce covers the craft of touring afoot: traveling light, reading a map, using a compass, and what to do when lost. A practical trailcraft guide for the hiker. Shoulder your pack and take to the trail with confidence.
Every copy includes a printable PDF edition, a beautifully typeset book you can print, mark up in the margins, and keep on your shelf. Yours the moment you own it.
Inside this book
45 chapters
- 1TOURING AFOOT
- 2CONTENTS
- 3TOURING AFOOT
- 4CHAPTER I HITTING THE TRAIL
- 5CHAPTER II GOING IN “LIGHT”
- 6PERSONAL EQUIPMENT
- 7CHAPTER III WOODS WALKING WITH A PACK
- 8CHAPTER IV MAP READING
- 9THE COMPASS AND ITS USES
- 10WHAT TO DO WHEN LOST
- 11CHAPTER V PACKS AND PACKING
- 12THE BELMORE BROWNE PACK STRAP
- 13CONTENTS OF THE PACK
- 14CHAPTER VI FOOTWEAR
- 15CHAPTER VII EFFICIENT CRUISING SHELTERS
- 16THE SHELTER CLOTH
- 17MAKING THE CLOSED LEANTO OR BAKER TENT
- 18THE TARPAULIN TENT
+ 27 more. The full contents open with the book.
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