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Index of Camping Topics

Index

Topics point to chapter numbers; bolded chapters carry the primary treatment.

accessibility 1, 3
air mattresses 10, 16
altitude illness 49, 39
anaphylaxis 48, 47
apps (finding sites) 3, 5
apps (navigation) 42, 40
avalanche 55, 56

babies 51
backpacks 11, 12
bail criteria 4, 44, 51
base layers 23, 36
bears 45, 30, 53
bear spray 45
bikes 58
binoculars 53
blisters 26, 48
boiling water 17, 55
booking 3
boots 25, 26, 55
bowline 34
breaking camp 37
burns 48, 33

campfires 32, 33, 19, 60
canister stoves 14
canisters (bear) 45
canoes 57, 1
car camping 1, 28, 6
cast iron 15, 19
catholes 35
checklists 6, App. A
children 51, 33, 37, 50, 52
clouds 43
clove hitch 34
coffee 19, 2
cold water 57
compass 41, 12, 40
condensation 31, 36
cooking 19, 20, 15
coolers 16, 6, 28
cots 10
cotton 23, 59
CPR 48, 47
cryptobiotic soil 59, 60

daypacks 12, 11
DEET 46
declination 41
dehydration 17, 49, 39
desert 59, 4, 27
dishes 15, 35
dispersed camping 5, 3, 30
dogs 54, 29, 45, 56
down 9, 23
drones 53
dry bags 57, 24
Dutch ovens 15, 19, 21
DWR 24, 13

e-bikes 58, 5
electrolytes 49, 59
emergency blankets 12, 50
EN/ISO ratings 9
epinephrine 48, 47
etiquette 5, 39, 56, 60
evacuation 48, 42

feet 25, 26, 35
filters 17
fire bans 33, 5, 14
fire building 32
fire safety 33, 2
firewood rules 2, 32
first aid 47, 48, 49
first-come sites 3
first trips 2, 51, 55, 57, 58
fish 22
flash floods 44, 30, 59
foil packets 19, 20, 21
food planning 18, 20
food safety 16, 22
food storage (wildlife) 45, 2, 21
footprints (tent) 8, 7
forecasts 4, 43
frostbite 49, 55
fuel math 14, 55

games 52, 29, 51
glamping 1
gray water 15, 35
grizzlies 45
groups (cooking) 20, 18
guylines 8, 31, 34

hammocks 8
handwashing 35, 6, 16
headlamps 38, 6, 12
heat illness 49, 27, 54, 59
hipbelts 11
hot water bottle 36, 51, 55
hydration 17, 39, 49, 59
hypothermia 49, 23, 36

insects 46, 4
irrigation (wounds) 48, 47

kayaks 57
kids see children
kitchen setup 15, 6
knives 15, 22, 32, 51
knots 34, 8, 45

land types 5, 3
lanterns 38, 15
layering 23, 36, 55
Leave No Trace 60, 5, 35, 59
lightning 44, 43
liquid fuel 14, 55
lost 50, 39, 42

maps 40, 41, 42
meal planning 18, 20
merino 23
messengers (satellite) 42, 39, 59
MVUM 5, 3, 28

navigation 40, 41, 42, 50
night routine 36, 2, 45

offline maps 42, 3, 29
one-pot meals 20, 18

packing (backpack) 11
packing (car) 28, 6
packing (cooler) 16
paddling 57
pads 10, 36, 55
permits 5, 3
permethrin 46
PFDs 57, 51
photography 53, 52
picaridin 46
pitching 31, 2, 30
poison ivy/oak/sumac 46
portable toilets 35
power 38, 6
propane 14

quiet hours 5, 38, 54
quilts 9

R-value 10, 55
rain camping 31, 4, 24, 52
rain jackets 24, 23
recipes 20, 19, 21
repair 13, 12, 58
repellents 46, 27
reservations 3, 5
rooftop tents 8, 1

s'mores 21, 33
sanitation 35, 60
scorpions 59, 46
seasons 4, 55, 59
shells 24, 23
showers 35
signaling 50, 12, 42
site selection 30, 3, 59
sleep systems 9, 10, 36
snacks 21, 18, 39, 51
snakes 48, 32, 59
snow camping 55, 56
snowshoes 56
socks 25, 23, 26
solar 38
spiders 46
splinting 48, 47
sprains 48
stargazing 52, 38
stoves 14, 5, 55
stream crossings 39, 57
sun protection 27, 12, 59
survival 50, 12
synthetic insulation 9, 23

tarps 8, 24, 27, 52
taut-line hitch 34, 8
Ten Essentials 12
tents 7, 8, 31
ticks 46, 54
timing 4, 29
toilets 35
tornado 44
trail etiquette 39, 56
trail runners 25
trash 37, 60
trip plans 39, 42, 50
trucker's hitch 34, 28
turnaround times 39, 51, 56, 59

urushiol 46
UV index 27, 43

vault toilets 35, 2
vehicle prep 28, 59
ventilation 31, 36

WAG bags 35, 59
walk-up sites 3
washes 44, 59, 30
water (carrying) 17, 59
water treatment 17, 50, 55
weather emergencies 44, 43
whistles 50, 12, 51
wildlife 53, 45
wind 31, 4, 8, 30
wind chill 43, 49
winter 55, 36, 56
wood 32, 2, 19

zippers 13