Don't Get Sick The Hidden Dangers of Camping and Hiking

Without the proper awareness of the protozoa and parasites that await you, outdoor adventures can quickly become a nightmare of viruses and infections. Add animal-borne diseases like tick fever rabies, and trichinosis and many would-be adventurers might never leave their homes...unless, of course, they have this book.

This valuable resources describes food- and waterborne diseases and explains how to prevent them; how to keep a clean camp; how to choose the best water filter; how to select, manage, handle, and prepare foods; how to dispose of human waste and solid waste; and how to use the Leave-No-Trace ethics of backcountry living and travel.

* Teaches campers and hikers how to avoid backcountry illness and even death due to food-borne diseases, sanitation problems, polluted water sources, and more
* Handy pocket-sized guide gives practical, even humorous, information on camp cleanliness, waste disposal, water treatment, and germ prevention, with helpful appendices and charts

• "Don't Get Sick is an easy-to-carry handbook with information on how to avoid health dangers in the wilderness."
  — Erie Daily Times
• A good reference book for Boy Scout and Venturing leaders.
  — Scouting
• Reading Don't Get Sick will assist campers of all skill levels in preventing undesirable results of becoming careless while in the great outdoors.
  — The Capital Press
• [This] book will take up almost no space, but just might help you avoid big trouble, even death.
  — Dayton (OH) News