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NOLS-(National Outdoor Leadership School)

This NOLS Trio Pack includes:

Wilderness Mountaineering- "Phil PowersThis updated edition of the popular NOLS Wilderness Mountaineering reflects the most current practices, equipment, and risk management in mountain climbing. With a new essay on transitioning from climbing gyms to real rock and all new rescue system illustrations for both glacier and rock settings, this instruction manual is a thorough introduction to the basics of wilderness mountaineering and the core mountaineering curriculum at NOLS. The third edition is the ideal resource for what it takes to climb and travel in the mountains. The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) is a private, nonprofit school based in Lander, Wyoming. With 14 main operating locations around the world, NOLS has graduated more than 100,000 students since its founding in 1965. From Idaho, Washington, Arizona, Alaska, Wyoming, the Yukon, Baffin Island, India, the Amazon, Mexico, Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand, NOLS is the leading source and teacher of wilderness skills and leadership that serve people and the environment."-Google Books

Wilderness Navigation -"Unfold your map, dust off your compass and put fresh batteries in your GPS. NOLS now has its very own authoritative manual on wilderness navigation by Darran Wells, Program Coordinator and Senior Field Instructor for NOLS Professional Training. A veteran of adventure races the likes of Eco-Challenge and Primal Quest as a lead navigator, he was granted the task of accumulating years of NOLS navigation curriculum and putting it into book form.

“Our school is built on experiential education versus lecture or reading alone,” comments Wells. Included with each chapter of detailed how-to, readers can find hands-on navigational exercises that will get them out of the easy chair and into the woods.

Although this new manual is a comprehensive, step-by-step progression of skills that starts with the basics of map and compass, details how to plan and follow a route and even embarks on such sundry topics as GPS, geocaching, digital mapping and the world of competitive navigation, it also stays true to NOLS philosophy and first challenges the direction-finding student to start with map in hand, but compass and GPS tucked away.

“You should start the learning process by studying the shape of the land itself,” Wells writes at the very beginning of Chapter 1. “NOLS Instructors have found not only that students can navigate in many areas without using a compass at all, but also that they develop their map reading skills faster without one. The more navigational toys you have to play with, the less you are focused on your surroundings… Only after you are comfortable associating the terrain with the images on the map should you begin to use your compass”

So, remember to hike with your head up, check in with your map whenever visibility allows and learn the basic skills from NOLS Wilderness Navigation you can use to make your way through the wilderness safely — even after your GPS batteries die."-Google Books

Soft Paths-"New edition of the popular guide to low-impact camping with updated information on waste disposal, campsite selection, fire building Details on recent legislation and up-to-date research on recreational wilderness use Tailored to a variety of environments, from coastal regions to deserts Drawing on the principles of the Leave No Trace program, the expertise of the National Outdoor Leadership School, and the substantial body of research into wilderness use, Soft Paths has long been the definitive guide to low-impact outdoor activity. This new edition covers every aspect of the outdoor experience, demonstrating the frequently simple, often unexpected measures that we can take to keep the wilderness pristine. This edition also provides new information on conservation law and the public's use of wild lands, ensuring that readers can minimize impact without sacrificing their enjoyment of the outdoors.-New edition of the popular guide to low-impact camping with updated information on waste disposal, campsite selection, fire building Details on recent legislation and up-to-date research on recreational wilderness use Tailored to a variety of environments, from coastal regions to deserts Drawing on the principles of the Leave No Trace program, the expertise of the National Outdoor Leadership School, and the substantial body of research into wilderness use, Soft Paths has long been the definitive guide to low-impact outdoor activity. This new edition covers every aspect of the outdoor experience, demonstrating the frequently simple, often unexpected measures that we can take to keep the wilderness pristine. This edition also provides new information on conservation law and the public's use of wild lands, ensuring that readers can minimize impact without sacrificing their enjoyment of the outdoors."-Google Books 

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