Offers survival skills on using the surrounding wilderness as a useful resource, including how to manufacture needed tools, how to collect and cook food, and how to guard against the elements. --Publisher's description.

Includes index.

Gearing up. Your pack -- Tools -- Rope, cordage, webbings, and knots -- Containers and cooking tools -- Coverage -- Combustion -- In the bush. Setting up camp -- Navigating terrain -- Trees: the four-season resource -- Trapping and processing game -- Appendix. The Pathfinder concept: conserving and utilizing resources -- Wild edibles and medicinal plants -- Bush recipes -- Glossary.