This guide will teach users some easy tricks using sticks that will make primitive survival easier and leisurely camping more fun. By gathering some sticks and carrying a bit of cord, you can construct simple tools and components that can enhance your camp life and eliminate the need to carry them on your camping trip.
Tricks with Sticks is the 11th title in a series of wilderness survival skills guides by Dave Canterbury. It offers 10 panels of scenario-driven skills, ranging from how to make a tourniquet or crutch, to building a debris hut if you are caught out with inadequate cover. It features 23 tricks and tools, and includes information on the best firewood types, along with a BTU chart, for various fire lays and heat needs. The last panel features the 10 knots that are used in the tricks, which makes this guide an ideal companion piece for any outing. Priced at $7.95, it weighs less than an ounce and is printed on waterproof, mineral-based, biodegradable paper.