Canoeing & Camping Beyond the Basics

Canoeing & Camping Beyond the Basics provides expert instruction on canoe camping along North America's waterways. This thirtieth-anniversary edition details the skills you need to make your canoe camping excursions safe and enjoyable, whether you paddle on millponds, lazy rivers, or wilderness lakes. Veteran wilderness guide Cliff Jacobson shares hard-won advice, details new tricks in paddling, corrects out-of-date camping practices, and offers the latest field-tested techniques for use in camp or on the water.

Get insider tips on:

• Selecting, customizing, and waterproofing your gear
• Preparing quick, tasty meals
• Navigating through wilderness
• Weathering storms
• Avoiding bears, bugs, and other bothersome beasts
• Transporting and portaging canoes and equipment
• Leading day trips or expeditions for adults or teens
• Rescuing and repairing your canoe
• Solo canoeing
• Whitewater and camp safety
• And much more!

A thoroughly modern, ultra complete book for those who love canoes and the magic of wild places. Begins with the basics and progresses through expedition techniques that only experts know-and which you won't find in other books.

Cliff Jacobson is one of North America's most respected outdoors writers and wilderness canoe guides. He is a retired environmental science teacher, an outdoors skills instructor, a canoeing and camping consultant, and the author of more than a dozen top-selling books on canoeing and camping. He is a recipient of the American Canoe Association's prestigious Legends of Paddling Award and a member of the ACA Hall of Fame.