Camping for Dummies (Paperback)
You love the great outdoors, but you’re not always sure the great outdoors loves you. You can pitch a tent, start a campfire, build furniture by lashing tree branches together – in theory anyway! But while you may not have gotten your Girl Scout Gold Award, or your Eagle Scout with cluster, you can still enjoy a night out under the stars with those near and dear to you, or even work towards becoming a more serious outdoorsman, right? Sure as a bear lives in the woods, (more…)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educating the masses.
A good basic training manual for those who have not experienced the fun of camping. (Many of the so-called campers are in reality heavy-duty RVers who have never camped.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some good information
I think this book has some pretty good information in it for the novice and experenced alike. It’s nice that the author includes kids but also caters to the campers that leave…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good information across many topics
I already camp and hike but was looking for a book that would cover areas that I wasn’t familiar with yet. It does a very good job of filling this need.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beginner Book- For Sure
I bought this book because I have learned alot from other “Dummies” Books. This book is a good introductory book for someone who has never went camping.
3.0 out of 5 stars
family focused, if you like that kind of thing
Plenty of good information in here, but there is a persistent “camping with kids” focus that can be irritating to the child-free reader.
3.0 out of 5 stars
For serious adventure camping only!
This book is great for people who want to go pitch a tent up in the hills, but only has a few things to say to those who are headed to the local campground for a family weekend…