• PART ONE: WALKING AND WALKING STAFFS

• SUPPORT

• Unfavorable Terrain (Illus.)
• Backpacker's Sway
• Safe Position
• Reducing Bodily Stress
• Psychological Support
• Summary

• SECURITY

• Personal Defense
• Forward Thrust
• Cross Cuts
• Spear Throw
• Baseball Swing
• Overhead Strike
• Strike Areas
• First-aid
• Fire
• Determining Direction
• Quick-shelter
• Night Walking
• Summary

• SERVICE

• Backrest
• Reducing Noise and Observing Wildlife with a Staff
• Pacing
• Determining Distance Traveled, Direction, Speed and Time with a W.W.S.
• The W.W.S. as a Measuring Stick
• Fireplace
• Brushing a Campsite
• Roughing Up Ground
• Exercise
• Latrine Rod
• Camp/Camera Tripod
• Monopod
• Camp Cooking
• Slingshot
• Fishing Rod, Spear and Spearing Fish
• Pole Snare
• Digging Roots, Tubers and Shoots
• Planting Seeds
• Two and a Half Minute Shelter
• Hammer
• Fording Rivers and Streams
• Reaching Aid
• Overcoming Barriers
• Ice Chipper
• Lever
• Pine Pitch Candle
• Pine Pitch Torch
• Summary

• Sample Day on the Trail (This section appears later in the registered version).

• PART TWO: ON TO ASSEMBLING A WILDERNESS WALKING STAFF

• First Words
• Let's Go!
• Tools and Assembly Supplies
• Tool Check List
• Materials List "What to Keep in Mind"
• Check List
• Step-by-Step Instructions
• Options/Other Ideas List
• Monocular
• Carvings
• Summary

• PART 3: CAMP CRAFTS AND THE WILDERNESS WALKING STAFF

• Cooking in Camp
• The Reflector Oven
• The W.W.S. and the Building of Backrests
• (a) The W.W.S. Backrest
• (b) The Backpack Backrest and Trail Chair
• (c) The Fence-rest
• Building Wilderness Walking Staff Shelters
• (a) The W.W.S.'s 2 1/2 Minute Shelter or A-Frame
• (b) Lean-to: Tried and True
• (c) The W.W.S. Diamond Shelter
• (d) The W.W.S. Quickshelter
• (e) The W.W.S. Desert Quickshelter
• (f) The Windbreak
• (g) The W.W.S. Shelter Weight
• (h) Last Note on Shelters
• The W.W.S. Monopod and Its Various Uses
• The Camp Rack
• The W.W.S. Rack
• The W.W.S. Reach or Hook
• Staying Clean
• The W.W.S. Standing Light
• Firebuilding and the W.W.S.
• (a) The Staff as Probe
• (b) Excavating the Fire Pit
• (c) Collecting Kindling with a W.W.S.
• (d) The W.W.S.'s Fire Starting Equipment
• (e) Establish a Fire with the W.W.S.'s Flint and Steel
• The Sharpening Pad
• Sharpening a Blade with the W.W.S.'s Carborundum Paper
• The W.W.S. as Hiking Record
• Equipment Canister
• Silk Thread
• Two Backpack Grommets
• Nails
• Cordura Strap
• Map Case, Pad and Pencil
• 2' by 2' Cloth
• The W.W.S.'s Multi-tooled Pocket-knife
• The Pocket-light
• Velcro(TM) Straps
• Summary

• PART 4: LIFESAVING FEATURES OF THE W.W.S..

• Pure Drinking Water
• (a) The W.W.S. carries a Solar Water Still
• (b) Water-purification Tablets
• (c) Fashioning an Emergency Water Container
• First Aid and the Wilderness Walking Staff
• (a) The W.W.S. as an Emergency Crutch
• (b) Immobilizing Fractures
• (c) Building the W.W.S. Backwoods Stretcher for the Injured
• (d) The W.W.S. Field Hospital
• (e) Summary List of the W.W.S.'s First-aid Gear and Each Items' Corresponding Uses
• (f) The W.W.S.'s Ultra-thin Glasses
• Signaling Aircraft
• (a) The W.W.S. Signal Mirror
• (b) The W.W.S. Signal Flag
• (c) Tube Flare
• Determining Distance Travelled, Speed, Direction and Time of Day
• (a) Determining Direction with a W.W.S.
• (b) What Time is It?--Your W.W.S. Will Tell You
• (c) The Time by Sun Dial
• (d) Travelling Distance
• (e) Determining Speed with a W.W.S.
• How to Build the W.W.S. Emergency Fire
• Fording Rivers and Streams With a Walking Staff
• (a) Preparing to Cross
• (b) Solo Crossings
• (c) Crossing in Pairs
• Walking Staff Defence
• Space-blanket Applications
• Applying the W.W.S.'s Nylon Line
• How to Use the Ground-Air Emergency Code: Setting up a Signal Area
• Remembering Symbols of the Ground-air Emergency Code
• The W.W.S. Slingshot
• (a) Slingshot Ammunition
• (b) Ready Yourself, Taking the Proper Stance, Draw, Aim, and Fire
• Fishing and the W.W.S.
• (a) The W.W.S.'s Zig-Zag Fishing Spear
• (b) The W.W.S. Fishing Rod
• The W.W.S. Snare Wire
• (a) The Log Snare
• (b) The Trail Snare
• The Emergency Signal/Light Torch
• Summary

• PART 5: TECHNIQUE, TRAINING & EXERCISES

• TECHNIQUE

• The Walking Rythym
• Technique, uphill, downhill and level terrain.
• Stance
• Grip
• Technique in Rough Terrain
• Climbing with the W.W.S.

• TRAINING

• Physical Exercises: A 10-15 Minute Calistenics / Aerobic Program with the W.W.S.
• Physical Exercise #1: Working the Arms and Shoulders.
• Physical Exercise #2: Leg Stretch
• Physical Exercise #3: Leg Lifts
• Physical Exercise #4: Squats
• Physical Exercise #5: Body Twist
• Physical Exercise #6: Combination Arm, Leg Lift and Stretch
• Physical Exercise #7: Round the World Stretch with Stave
• Physical Exercise #8: Jumping Jack Arm Lifts with Staff
• Physical Exercise #9: Running on the Spot with Staff
• Physical Exercise #10: The W.W.S. Exercise Wrap Up

• Training Tips: Things to Keep in Mind
• Methodology: Hunting and Gathering With a W.W.S.
• Reading, Taking a Course

• EXERCISES

• 15, Year-round Practice Exercises:

• Practice Exercise # 1: Choose a Shelter
• Practice Exercise # 2: Set up the Field Hospital
• Practice Exercise # 3: Assemble the W.W.S. Stretcher
• Practice Exercise # 4: Cooking, Choose a Recipe
• Practice Exercise # 5: The Shavings and Emergency Fires: Shavings Fire, Emergency Fire, Flint and Steel Fire
• Practice Exercise # 6: Overcoming Barriers
• Practice Exercise # 7: 5 Defence Manouvers as Told in Part 1
• Practice Exercise # 8: A W.W.S. Camp Craft of Your Choice
• Practice Exercise # 9: The Solar Water Still
• Practice Exercise # 10: Space-Blanket Clothing
• Practice Exercise # 11: W.W.S. Snares
• Practice Exercise # 12: The Slingshot: Ready Yourself, Stance, Draw, Aim, and Fire.
• Practice Exercise # 13: Determining Distance Travelled, Speed, Direction and Time of Day
• Practice Exercise # 14: The Time by Sun Dial
• Practice Exercise # 15: The W.W.S. Camp

• Epilogue (Closing Statements)

• Appendices:
• A. Variations on the W.W.S. (The W.W.S. in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer)
• B. Recipes
• C. List of North American Hiking Clubs (Canada and U.S.)
• D. Further Reading and Information Sources, i.e., books, periodicals, Internet.

• Acknowledgments

• Footnotes

• Bibliography

• Author's Biography

• ILLUSTRATIONS & GRAPHICS

A. The Complete W.W.S.(Title Page Illustration)

1. U.S. and Canadian Flags
2. Pyramid Graphic
3. The Oonok
4. The W.W.S. as Latrine Rod
5. Drilling the Staff's Roasting Holes.
6. Sanding the Top Edges of Your Staff.
7. Recessing the Compass: Side View and Top View.
8. The Pot Notch
9. Recessed Flint Stick
10. The Six Inch Ruler
11. The W.W.S. Up to Stage .
12. Making the Equipment Canister.
13. Making the W.W.S.'s Tarpaulin.
14. The Ground-air Emergency Code.
15. The Complete Wilderness Walking Staff.
16. The W.W.S.'s Optional Monocular.
17. A Female Chum Salmon Carving.
18. The W.W.S. Backrest
19. The Backpack Backrest and Trail Chair
20. The Fence-rest
21. The W.W.S.'s 2 1/2 Minute Shelter
22. Lean-to: Tried and True
23. The W.W.S. Diamond Shelter
24. The W.W.S. Quickshelter
25. The W.W.S. Windbreak (a) The W.W.S. Windbreak Pattern (b) The Complete W.W.S. Windbreak Pattern
26. The W.W.S. Monopod
27. The Camp Rack (a) 2 Poles (b) 4 Poles (c) Side & Front View (d) The Shelf
28. The W.W.S. Rack
29. The W.W.S. Reach or Hook
30. The W.W.S. Standing Light
31. The Reflector Oven
32. The W.W.S. carries a Solar Water Still
33. The Emergency Water Pouch
34. Red Cross Graphic
35. The Emergency Backwoods Stretcher
36. The W.W.S. Field Hospital
37. The W.W.S. Ultra-thin Glasses
38. The Signal Mirror
39. The Signal Flag
40. Setting the Sun Dial
41. Space-blanket Clothing
42. The W.W.S. Slingshot
43. The W.W.S.'s Fishing Spear
44. The Fishing Rod's "Eyes."
45. The W.W.S. Fishing Rod
46. The Log Snare
47. "Check Mark" Graphic
48. The Trail Snare
49. The W.W.S.'s Lattice Framework

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