Great outdoor advice.
The Happy Camper is a comprehensive, heavily illustrated, highly entertaining compendium of basic wilderness instruction and well-tested campsite advice. One of North America's top canoeing and outdoors experts, Kevin Callan explains how to get the most from your camping experience -- no matter where you pitch your tent, what you forgot to pack or what the weather.
Step-by-step, the book shows:
How to plan a trip for a day or even a few weeksHow to pack only what is neededHow to beat the bugs, stake a tent, build a fire, ward off unwanted wildlife, paddle a canoe and much more.Other crucial topics include:
Choosing the perfect campsiteUsing maps and compassesCamp cookingCamping with dogs and kidsBruises, blisters and Band-AidsCanoe and kayak campingWilderness photographyCold-weather camping.
- ISBN10 1550464507
- ISBN13 9781550464504
- Publish Date 2 April 2005
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 23 April 2013
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Boston Mills Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English