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Penthesilea:
Last week I ordered a guide book from the "Moon Travel Handbooks" series, the Wyoming Handbook by Don Pitcher. It arrived today :).
It's very thick, almost 700 pages ( :o, I thought 300) and therefore naturally very detailed.
While skimming through it for the first time, the headline "Beaver Fever" in the general outdoor security section caught my eye. Next article was "Hypothermia". Here's an excerpt from Hypothermia:
"....the dangers of exposure to cold, wet and windy conditions.....
Put on rain gear before it starts raining....set up camp, keep active or snuggle with a friend in a down bag to generate warmth.
If someone in your party begins to show signs of hypothermia ....get the victim out of the wind, strip off his clothes, and put him in a dry sleeping bag on an insulating pad. Skin-to-skin contact is the best way to warm a hypothermic person and that means you'll also need to strip and climb in the sleeping bag. If you weren't friends before, this should heat up the relationship!"
:D ;D :D ;D
It was big enough, warm enough and in a little while ... ;D
Annie Proulx is also (briefly) mentioned in the handbook, although not for her Wyoming Stories respectively BBM, but for Postcards and The Shipping News (the first edition of the WY handbook was published in 1991, years before Wyoming stories).
MaineWriter:
I like the Moon Travel Books. They usually have lots of good information and details on out of the way places. The Lonely Planet guides are good, too.
L
belbbmfan:
I had never heard of the Moon Travel handbooks. I just had a look at their website and ordered the Rocky Mountains edition.
Thanks for that Chrissi!
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on April 16, 2007, 05:33:01 am ---Here's an excerpt from Hypothermia:
"....the dangers of exposure to cold, wet and windy conditions.....
Put on rain gear before it starts raining....set up camp, keep active or snuggle with a friend in a down bag to generate warmth.
If someone in your party begins to show signs of hypothermia ....get the victim out of the wind, strip off his clothes, and put him in a dry sleeping bag on an insulating pad. Skin-to-skin contact is the best way to warm a hypothermic person and that means you'll also need to strip and climb in the sleeping bag. If you weren't friends before, this should heat up the relationship!"
:D ;D :D ;D
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:laugh: :laugh: So THAT's what it's called!! ::)
Front-Ranger:
Maybe I could tell my husband I'm suffering from hypothermia!!
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on April 16, 2007, 06:36:24 am ---I like the Moon Travel Books. They usually have lots of good information and details on out of the way places. The Lonely Planet guides are good, too.
L
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I came upon it by chance, see below. But after a first skimming through it, I think it's a very good book.
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on April 16, 2007, 07:04:24 am ---I had never heard of the Moon Travel handbooks. I just had a look at their website and ordered the Rocky Mountains edition.
Thanks for that Chrissi!
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You're welcome, Fabienne. Guess you bought the Canadian Rockies book?
I had never heard of Moon Travek handbooks, too. I found it by chance on ebay. That's why I thought the book had 300 pages, the article description at ebay said so ::).
In the end, I didn't buy it on ebay, because the ebay book was used and I found the book for the same price on amazon marketplace in a more recent edition (2001) and in new condition :).
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 16, 2007, 07:14:32 am ---Maybe I could tell my husband I'm suffering from hypothermia!!
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Ouch. Poor Lee. (((Lee))).
Try what happens when you put a little whiskey in his tin cup ;).
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