Title: The Backcountry Classroom (2nd edition)
Publisher: The Globe Pequot Press
Authors: Jack K. Drury, Bruce F. Bonney, Dene Berman, and Mark C. Wagstaff
Tools for Training Tomorrow's Outdoor Leaders
A unique collection of lessons, tools, and activities turn the Backcountry Classroom into a valuable tool for the field or the classroom for anyone teaching future outdoor leaders the basics of expedition planning.
48 comprehensive chapters that cover everything from Teaching and Learning, Baking, and Knots to Weather, Stove Operation, and the History of Outdoor Leadership. This is a book that no outdoor leader or instructor should be without.
Contact the WEA National Office to purchase. (
wea@indiana.edu or 812.855.4095)
Title: Hiking and Backpacking 2nd Edition
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Editors: Marni Goldenberg & Bruce Martin
Hiking and backpacking are great leisure-time activities. But before heading out, you need to know how to ensure a safe, environmentally sound, and enjoyable hiking and backpacking experience. Hiking and Backpacking covers all that, and much more!
Master teachers take you step by step through the preparation, skills, and techniques you need to know for a successful adventure. They provide you with practical tips in all these areas, and they also supply you with Web addresses to help you plan your hiking and backpacking adventures throughout the world. This practical book presents all the essential information you need for hiking, overnight camping, and backpacking.
Through this book you will learn how to
- prepare yourself physically for the rigors of hiking and camping;
- select and prepare the right equipment, gear, clothing, and footwear;
- manage risks and work to maintain safety while on the trail; and
- use good trail etiquette and proper hiking, backpacking, and camping techniques.
Use Hiking and Backpacking to lead you on new trails, explore new places, and join other hiking and backpacking enthusiasts all over the world in one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities. Around each bend in a trail is a perfect moment waiting to happen—and this book will prepare you to take full advantage of that moment!
Coming Soon!
Title: Rock Climbing
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Editors: Timothy W. Kidd and Jennifer Marie Hazelrigs
Rock Climbing will help you explore one of the world’s fastest-growing activities safely and successfully. The experts at the Wilderness Education Association ensure you learn proper technique essential to a safe and enjoyable experience. They prepare you for your adventure with information on fitness and conditioning, equipment and gear selection, and nutrition. Safety skills are integrated throughout the book, ensuring safety is never overlooked. You’ll learn how you can use indoor climbing to practice basic skills before moving on to refine and build on those skills in the outdoors. You’ll find easy-to-follow instruction of climbing fundamentals, including knots, belaying, building anchor systems, moving on rock, descending, and lead climbing, giving you all the skills and knowledge you need to be a capable beginning climber.
Throughout the book the authors share consumer, technique, and safety tips collected from their years of experience as both climbers and instructors. They also list Web sites to help you find climbing clubs and organizations, shop for equipment and gear, and plan outdoor climbing trips.
Rock Climbing and Hiking and Backpacking are part of the Outdoor Adventure series. This practical series provides you with the essential information so you can get ready and go. The Outdoor Adventures series will prepare you with instruction in the basic techniques and skills so you can be on your way to an adventure in no time.
