This is the Backcountry Page Under Construction

Probably one of the best places on the net for information (once you get through all of the gear/hunting/mountain bike holy wars) on wilderness and backcountry stuff is rec.backcountry

The following are pages that I have worked out or pointers to other pages with useful/fun information for specific topics related to wilderness travel. Like anything on the Net (or in the WWW) none of this is the work of one person.

Why I am doing this: Probably if you have gotten this far in checking out these pages this might be obvious. If not consider the words of Colin Fletcher or Cole Porter

Contents:

Stephen R. Johns

Stephen R. Johns' Backcountry page.

rec.boats.paddle FAQs

The rec.boats.paddle archive at rtfm.mit.edu

Distilled Wisdom

The Distilled Wisdom Pages from the news group rec.backcountry

The National Park Service WWW site

The WWW site for the National Park Service (still needs a lot of work)

The Climbing Pages

The WWW pages for rec.climbing

US Geological Survey Home Page

Yes there is a home page for the USGS

The Smoky Mountain School Page

A cooperative effort of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Equipment supplier addresses

A list of equipment suppliers.

The Ten Essentials

A list of the Ten Essential items anyone (and everyone) on a trip should have.

World wide fuel translation chart

A translation chart for fuel names compiled by Mike Buckler

mbuckler@chenov1.auckland.ac.nz

the Bear Essentials Magazine

A magazine published by ORLO that mixes wisdom with humor

Schools:

(That offer Outdoor/Wilderness programs)

General skills schools

Schools offering programs in wilderness skills and outdoor education.

Wilderness medicine

Schools offerig programs in wilderness medicine.