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| Contents | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Why We GoA Word About NOLS | |
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| Expedition Planning | |
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| Team and Leadership | |
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| It All Begins with You | |
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| Choosing Your Teammates | |
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| Group Size | |
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| Traveling Solo | |
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| Leadership | |
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| Commitment to the Trip and the Division of Labor | |
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| Sharing Costs | |
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| Physical Conditioning | |
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| Expedition Goals | |
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| Objectives and Expedition Philosophy | |
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| Route Planning | |
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| Your Route | |
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| Regulations | |
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| Maps | |
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| Resupplying Your Trip | |
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| Using Your Computer in Planning Your Expedition | |
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| Contingency Plans | |
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| Radios, Cell Phones, and Other Electronic Communication Devices | |
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| Ration Planning | |
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| Staple Food versus Freeze-dried Food | |
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| Types of Staple Foods | |
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| Bringing the Right Amount of Food | |
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| Packaging Your Food | |
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| Fuel Calculations | |
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| Summary for Your Expedition Planning | |
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| Equipment Primer | |
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| Where to Buy Your Equipment | |
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| Footwear | |
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| Boot Selection | |
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| Fitting Your Boots | |
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| Care of Your Boots | |
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| Stoves | |
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| Types of Stoves | |
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| Types of Fuels | |
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| Stove Trouble | |
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| Shooting Guide | |
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| Sleeping Bags | |
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| Sleeping Pads | |
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| Packs | |
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| Choosing a Pack | |
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| Pack Packing | |
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| Tents | |
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| Types of Tents | |
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| Tent Sizes | |
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| Flies | |
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| Pitching Your Tent | |
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| Care and Maintenance of Your Tent | |
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| Interview with John Roskelley | |
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| Water Systems | |
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| Headlamps and Flashlights | |
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| Knife or Multipurpose Tool | |
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| Equipment Repair | |
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| Care of Equipment | |
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| Equipment Summary | |
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| How to Dress for the Backcountry | |
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| A Short Course in Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer | |
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| Backcountry Clothing Fabrics | |
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| Know the Climate | |
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| Layering | |
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| Base Layer | |
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| Intermediate Layers | |
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| Outer Layer | |
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| Notes on Clothing Items | |
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| Saving Money on Clothes | |
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| Camping Technique | |
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| Choosing a Campsite | |
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| Is It Safe? | |
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| Leave No Trace Camping | |
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| Plan Ahead and Prepare | |
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| Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces | |
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| Dispose of Waste Properly | |
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| Leave What You Find | |
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| Minimize Campfire Impacts | |
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| Respect Wildlife | |
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| Be Considerate of Other Visitors | |
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| Bear Camping | |
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| Where the Bears Are | |
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| Your Campsite in Bear Country | |
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| Bear Hangs | |
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| Encountering a Bear | |
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| If Attacked | |
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| On Good Habits | |
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| Travel Technique | |
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| Energy Conservation, Hydration, and Nutrition | |
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| Pace | |
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| Walking Technique | |
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| Group Management on the Trail | |
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| Dehydration | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| LNT Trail Technique | |
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| Interview with an Outdoor Photographer | |
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| Precarious Terrain and Objective Hazards | |
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| River Crossings | |
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| Crossing Boulders, Talus, and Scree | |
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| Rockfall | |
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| Snow | |
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| Subjective Hazards | |
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| Trail Etiquette | |
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| Meeting Horsepackers | |
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| Smoking and Alcohol | |
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| Foot Care | |
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| Treating Blisters | |
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| Leadership and Expedition Behavior | |
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| Expedition Behavior | |
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| Interview with Molly Doran | |
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| Leadership | |
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| Leadership Styles | |
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| Maps and Compasses | |
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| The USGS Map | |
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| Colors | |
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| Scale | |
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| Latitude and Longitude | |
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| What's in the Margins | |
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| Contour Lines | |
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| Reading Your Map | |
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| Learning to See | |
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| Keep Your Map Handy and Keep Track of Your Position | |
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| Orienting Your Map | |
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| Off-Trail Information | |
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| Compass | |
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| Compass Parts | |
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| Directions | |
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| Tips on Using Your Compass | |
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| Bearings | |
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| Taking a Bearing with Your Compass | |
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| Following a Bearing | |
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| Back Bearings | |
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| True North, Magnetic North, and Declination | |
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| Orienting Your Map with a Compass | |
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| Charting a Course from Your Map | |
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| Using a Baseline and Aiming Off | |
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| Navigation | |
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| Time Control Plans | |
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| Tips on Route Finding | |
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| Emergency Procedures | |
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| Emergency Procedures | |
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| When to Evacuate an Injured or Sick Group Member | |
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| Steps to a Safe Evacuation | |
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| Evacuation Options | |
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| If You Request a Helicopter | |
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| Search and Rescue | |
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| Finding the Lost Person | |
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| Getting Found | |
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| Tips on Surviving If You Get Separated from Your Gear or Group | |
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| Weather | |
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| Clouds | |
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| Air Masses and Fronts | |
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| Orographic Uplift | |
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| Lightning | |
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| Interview with Pamela Eaton of the Wilderness Society | |
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| Cooking in the Backcountry | |
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| Your Kitchen Site | |
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| Kitchen Gear | |
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| Water Treatment | |
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| Microorganisms in Your Water Bottle | |
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| Sanitation in the Kitchen | |
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| Basic Cooking in the Backcountry | |
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| Baking | |
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| Boiling | |
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| Frying | |
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| Cooking in Your Tent | |
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| Cleaning Up | |
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| Dehydrating Your Own Food | |
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| Natural Additions | |
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| Food Stress | |
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| Our Responsibility to the Land | |
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| Equipment List | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Index | |