Buck Tilton

Acostumbrados a las comodidades de nuestra vida cotidiana, no valoramos que algo tan simple, como abrir un grifo y disponer al instante de agua potable, es un gran logro de nuestro mundo moderno que ha permitido prevenir muchísimas enfermedades que en un pasado, a veces no tan lejano, hubieran resultado mortales. Por eso, cuando nos alejamos de nuestras comodidades mundanas y planificamos nuestros viajes a países no tan afortunados como el nuestro, o simplemente, salimos un fin de semana a la montaña, no se nos ocurre pensar que una actividad tan estimulante puede ocultar peligros de 'tamaño microscópico' que pueden poner en jaque nuestra salud. Este pequeño manual pretende darte las claves, a través de sencillos consejos, para que durante tus estancias en la naturaleza puedas mantenerte sano y así poder disfrutar a tope de tus actividades al aire libre.

Small enough to take in the field, this pocket-sized survival essential will benefit everyone in a wilderness setting. With information on treating shock victims, abdominal pain, sprains, fractures, dislocations and much more, this is an inexpensive way to save someones life!

Knot-making is simpler than ever. This revised easy-to-follow guide, published in partnership with Outward Bound, includes information on using knots in your favorite outdoor activities. Outdoor expert Buck Tilton takes you step-by-step through each bend and turn with clear instructions and detailed photographs. You can count on this handy volume to guide you toward quick success and fool-proof knots.

The award-winning guide to medical training for wilderness rescue and self-careWilderness First Responder is a comprehensive text for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of backcountry emergencies, written by wilderness expert Buck Tilton with more than a dozen medical professionals. Thoroughly updated and revised, this guide represents more than a century and a half of combined experience in wilderness medicine, rescue, and education. It is essential reading for wilderness educators, trip leaders, guides, search and rescue groups, and anyone who works or plays far from definitive medical care.This invaluable resource includes expert step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and Signs and Symptoms sidebars designed to help you provide immediate care in the wildernesswhenever you are more than an hour away from an ambulance or a medical facility. It shows how to conduct a patient assessment, improvise when ideal materials are not handy, and decide whether or not to evacuate the injured.Learn how to assess and treat: Airway obstructions Cardiac arrest External and internal bleeding Shock Spine injuries Head injuries Chest injuries Abdominal injuries Fractures and dislocations Athletic injuries Soft-tissue injuries Cold- or heat-induced injuries Altitude sickness Insect bites and stings Diabetic emergencies Poisoning emergencies Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

Knack First Aid covers the most common injuries and illnesses, how to recognize them, how to manage them and, when appropriate, how to prevent them.

Wilderness medicine expert Buck Tilton covers every step needed for the best hiking and backpacking experience. From gear to gourmet trail food, from good hiking technique to dressing the part, from using a map and compass to nibbling wild plants, this visually organized resource has everything todays hiker wants and needsincluding top-quality color photos for inspiration.Never again will mosquitoes, blisters, bad food, or the wrong gear ruin a great hikenot with Hiking & Backpacking, a quick-reading, picture-driven guide that offers the highest level of expertise in the most user-friendly format ever. The first such reference created for visual learners, it covers every step needed for the best hiking and backpacking experience, one step at a time. Step-by-step full-color photo sequences and information-packed, clearly worded instructions are the hallmarks of this definitive one-volume resource. Inside are clear instructions and 460 color photos covering:Gear Clothing Boots How to Hike Where to HikeNavigation Setting Up CampRecipes Camp HygieneZero ImpactWild Animals & PlantsWilderness First Aid

Easy-to-use format: Each page covers one situation. Essential for hikers, hunters, anglers, birders, campers and all who spend time outdoors.

Knots for Kids delivers relevant, expertly curated content perfect for kids. Outdoor skills expert and veteran author Buck Tilton provides readers with accessible information on choosing the best knot for the situation, tying different types of common knots and hitches, selecting the best kinds of rope, and much more. With step-by-step instructions (for both righties and lefties!) on tying the most used and useful knots, this is the perfect book to teach children how to tie knots like the experts.

Knot-making is simpler than ever. This new easy-to-follow guide, published in partnership with Outward Bound, includes information on using knots in your favorite outdoor activities. Outdoor expert Buck Tilton takes you step-by-step through each bend and turn with clear instructions and detailed photographs. You can count on this handy volume to guide you toward quick success and fool-proof knots.

By living a normal, boring life like most people do, one has an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the proverbial list of the leading causes of death. Of course, the process can be accelerated a bit by eating lots of fat, giving up exercise, smoking, drinking heavily (not water), and worrying. Buck Tilton prefers to ponder the alternatives. In How to Die in the Outdoors, he presents us with 110 far more interesting and unique ways to perish: snake bite, elephant foot, walrus tusk, rhino horn, and many, many more. In a straightforward style laced with his trademark wit, and presented in easy to understand terms, Tilton describes not only the details of how one can die, some intriguingly gory and all basedmore or lesson facts, but also the ways to avoid death should life-threatening situations arise in which one is not ready to check out of this world and into whatever afterlife there may be.

The Book That Makes Dying by Heart Attack Seem Downright BoringSimply by living a normal life, you have an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the list of leading causes of death. But Buck Tilton prefers to ponder the alternatives. In How to Die in the Outdoors, he presents 150 more interesting and unique ways to perish, from snake bite, elephant foot, rhino horn, and more! With witty prose, Tilton describes not only the details of how you can diesome intriguingly gory, yet all based on factsbut also ways to avoid death should a life-threatening situation arise before youre ready to leave this world for whatever afterlife there may be.

Destripado por un grizzly. Engullido por el gran tiburón blanco. Eliminado por un elefante. Descojonado por la leptospirosis. Envenenado por un pez globo. Jodido por las larvas de la miasis. Vaporizado por un volcan. Todas ellas maneras de morir de forma interesante y fuera de lo vulgar. Conocer las distintas maneras de palmar en el monte te permitira evitar que un dia tu nombre figure en la columna de obituarios de tu periodico local, tras experimentar precisamente una de estas 100 pintorescas y no tan infrecuentes, formas de terminar con tu vida al aire libre. Buck Tilton ha sido director del Instituto de Medicina de Espacios Naturales de Pitkin, Colorado, durante demasiado tiempo. Despues de pasar la mayor parte de su vida adulta relacionado con la medicina deportiva y los rescates, manteniendo un contacto intimo con la muerte y tratando a numerosos cadaveres, ha desarrollado una conducta lo suficiente desviada como para producir este libro.

The National Outdoor Leadership Schools official guide to camping in extreme cold. Comprehensive coverage of winter clothing and gear. Proven techniques for traveling efficiently and safely across snow and ice and complete directions for building igloos and many other snow shelters.

Learn how to prepare more than 150 meals - ranging from the simple to the elaborate - on top of your favorite compact one-burner stove.

A vibrant, hands-on guide that makes mastering the art of cooking outdoors an unforgettable adventure for young chefsOutdoor Cooking for Kids delivers relevant, expertly curated outdoor cooking content perfect for kids. With colorful illustrations, activities, and anecdotes that strengthen the readers understanding of the material, this is the perfect book to teach children how to cook safely outdoors with fun and delicious recipes.Key features include: Step-by-step instructions for essential outdoor cooking techniques Safety guidelines specifically designed for young chefs Kid-tested recipes that build skills progressively Interactive activities that reinforce learning Tips for making outdoor cooking a family adventure Written by outdoor education expert Buck Tilton and bestselling outdoor cookbook author Christine Conners, this comprehensive guide brings over four decades of wilderness expertise to your familys outdoor adventures.

Buck Tilton, co-founder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute and author of over 40 outdoor books, shares his decades of wilderness experience with young readers in Outdoor Skills for Kids. Partnering again with author and artist Christine Conners, this book offers over 100 important wilderness lessons including: What to do when you get lost How to respond to wild animals Basic first aid Ways to stay positive in a survival situation Outdoor Skills for Kids is loaded with: Fun facts Games Safety tips Inspiring true stories of kids who used these same skills successfully in survival situations Buck and Christine are the creators of the highly successful Knots for Kids. This is the second in their series of outdoor skills books for educating young readers.