From Library Journal
Basics?and a bit more?of the equipment, supplies, and the techniques for their use in the outdoors are presented in this guide by the author of Fly Fishing for the Compleat Idiot (Mountain Pr., 1995). Family camping is explored in a complete chapter and also within sections on camping while backpacking, canoeing, and mountain-biking. The special equipment needed for canoeing and mountain-biking is also discussed. Rutter advises on the related activities of fishing, teaching a child to fish, and wildlife watching. This is a comprehensive guide to camping that should satisfy many patron requests. For most public libraries.?Paula M. Strain, Rockville, Md.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
If you think camping means big mosquitoes, big headaches, and big effort, this book is for you. Camping Made Easy presents a practical, informative approach to carefree camping. After putting to rest the myths concerning the hardships and frustrations of camping, Michael Rutter presents nuts-and-bolts information on every aspect of camping, relating advice garnered from his twenty-plus years of experience. You will learn how to select the right equipment, including tents, stoves, sleeping bags, lanterns, backpacks, and more; plan for a painless camping trip; pack efficiently; select a good campground; set up camp; take fun day hikes and more. With more than 300 photographs and illustrations to help you get started, you will be setting up camp, stoking the campfire, and relaxing before you know it. Whether you are setting up a tent in a local campground or planning a cross-country camping odyssey, this comprehensive guide will answer all your camping questions.


From the Back Cover
If you think camping means big mosquitoes, big headaches, and big effort, this book is for you. Camping Made Easy presents a practical, informative approach to carefree camping. After putting to rest the myths concerning the hardships and frustrations of camping, Michael Rutter presents nuts-and-bolts information on every aspect of camping, relating advice garnered from his twenty-plus years of experience. You will learn how to select the right equipment, including tents, stoves, sleeping bags, lanterns, backpacks, and more; plan for a painless camping trip; pack efficiently; select a good campground; set up camp; take fun day hikes and more. With more than 300 photographs and illustrations to help you get started, you will be setting up camp, stoking the campfire, and relaxing before you know it. Whether you are setting up a tent in a local campground or planning a cross-country camping odyssey, this comprehensive guide will answer all your camping questions. (7 1/2 x 9, 304 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)

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