Chapter Contents
CHAPTER 36 Rope & Knots
Rope terminology • Rope making material • Rope safety • Throwing rope • Stopper knots • Bends • Loop knots • Hitch • Care of ropes • Pulleys & tackle
CHAPTER 37 Wildfires
Fires in nature • Life cycle • Fire & survival • Types of outdoor fires • How to escape Protecting your cottage • Professional fire shelter • Wildfire glossary
CHAPTER 38 Knives & Tools
Choosing a good pocketknife • Knife sharpening
CHAPTER 39 Weather
Atmospheric pressure • Beaufort land wind scale • Beaufort sea wind scale • Air masses clouds • Precipitation • Local weather • Mountain weather • Thunderstorms • Camping Lightning in mountains • Tornado • Waterspout • Hurricanes • Hurricane Katrina • The Perfect Optical phenomena
CHAPTER 40 Birds
Wings • Body • Bill types • Foot • Feathers • Land birds • Passenger pigeon • Upland Raptors & owls • Water birds • Ducks • Geese • Shore birds