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| NASAR
Textbooks |
| Fundamentals of Search and Rescue - Don
Cooper, editor. NASAR's official text book for the FUNSAR class and a
guide to the relevant information for the SARTECH II exam |
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| Tracking |
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Tracking: A Blueprint for Learning How -
Jack Kearney. Jack's book looks dated but still has lots of useful
information. It was my first "real" tracking textbook, setting
aside the Tom Brown guides. I still recommend it. |
| Tracker - Joel Hardin. Joel is a former
US Border Patrol agent and the best known of the mantracking instructors
in the US. Featured in many magazine and newspaper articles, Joel has
written less of a textbook than a memoir. Nevertheless, there is lots to
learn here. |
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The SAS Guide to Tracking - Bob Carrs.
Excellent book although it has some extraneous topics. Written by a former
British Special Air Service operator.
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| The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science -
Louis Liebenberg. The tracking book that I most wish I'd bought but didn't.
I skimmed this in a bookstore back several years ago. I passed on it
because I thought I could pick it up on the next trip. Apparently out of
print, copies go for a pretty penny. Argh! What a great book! If you can
find it at a price you can afford, buy! Probably the most academic book to
date on the evolution of tracking.
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The Science and Art of Tracking - Tom
Brown Jr. Tom Brown is a little too "New Age" for many, and he
has rubbed more than one search manager the wrong way. That being said, I
found this to be the most informative of his many biographical or
instructional books. Well worth the addition to your tracking library. |
| Tracking and the Art of Seeing - Paul
Rezendes. Animal tracking is in part how I found my entree into SAR.
IMHO, the application of tracking skills to animal work is an excellent
way to broaden your abilities and develop your capacity to interpret
environmental (weather, soil) changes on any track. |
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Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in North America
- James Halfpenny. Probably the first truly systematic book I'd ever read
on tracking. Halfpenny is a respected biologist and animal tracker who has
a lot to share in terms of tracking information. |
| Tracking - Signs of Man, Signs of Hope - David
Diaz, V.L. McCann. Good read. Emphasizes military tracking. Useful
guidance on aging sign. Includes plans for systematic observation of sign
over time in controlled conditions. |
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Land Navigation |
| Be Expert with Map & Compass - Bjorn Kjellstrom. Great
guide for teaching to Scouts, etc. Written by one of the inventors of
Orienteering and the baseplate compass. |
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Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way with Map, Compass,
Altimeter & GPS - Burns & Burns. Out of the
Mountaineers Press. Solid information. |
| Staying Found: The Complete Map & Compass Handbook -
June Fleming. A distilled version of Wilderness
Navigation. |
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NOLS Wilderness Navigation - Darran Wells. NOLS has
a long-standing reputation for putting out high-quality instructional
books. |
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General Outdoor
Skills |
| Lighten Up! A Complete Handbook for Light and
Ultralight Backpacking - Don Ladigin, Mike Clelland. Want a quick,
simple guide to the panoply of lightweight gear and technique? This
is it. I heartily recommend it as a starter's guide for reading
before you dig into the deeper tomes. |
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Camping & Wilderness Survival - Paul Tawrell. Encyclopedic
coverage of topic.
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| Emergency
Medicine/First Aid |
| NOLS Wilderness First Aid - Todd Shimelpfenig. |
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Wilderness First Responder, 2nd Ed., - Buck
Tilton |
| Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid, 5th Ed.,
- William Forgey, MD |
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Wilderness Medical Associates Field Guide – Wilderness
Medical Associates |
| Medicine For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness
Activities – James A. Wilkerson, ed. |
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Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care – Buck
Tilton |
| Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care For Remote
Locations – Howard Backer, MD, et. al. Wilderness Medical
Society and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
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Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines, 2nd
Ed., William Forgey, MD, ed. (Wilderness Medical Society) |
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Technical/Travel
Skills |
| NOLS Wilderness Mountaineering - Phil Powers |
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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills – Mountaineers
(Club). |
| On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Technique – Bruce
Smith, Allen Padgett (National Speleological Society) |
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| Outdoor
Leadership |
| AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership: Trip Planning/Risk
Management/Group Dynamics/Decision Making – Alex Kosseff (Appalachian
Mountain Club) |
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National Outdoor Leadership School Wilderness Guide –
Mark Harvey |
| Outdoor Leadership: Technique, Common Sense and Self
Confidence - John Graham |
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Fitness |
| Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness – David Musnick, MD,
and Mark Pierce, ATC |
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The Navy SEAL Fitness Guide – Patricia A. Deuster,
Ph.D., MPH |
| The Navy SEAL Nutrition Guide - Patricia A. Deuster,
Ph.D., MPH |
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Communications/Ham
Radio |
| Now You're Talking! All You Need for Your First Amateur
Radio License - Larry Wolfgang, ed. Published by the American Radio
Relay League (ARRL), this is the most recommended guide toward getting
your Novice-level federal ham radio license. The Novice license is the
one which many SAR volunteers earn in order to communicate with ham
radios. |
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