Out of Range: Hiking Guide

The trail forks. The map is soaked. Someone asks if those white flowers are wild garlic. Out of Range is the pocket handbook for the moment you're on your own out there. HOW IT WORKS Tell it about the trip — a forest trek, a mountain route, a winter weekend, a canoe run — plus who's coming and for how long. Every tab tunes itself: the packing list, the food and water plan, even which knots show up first. Pack by swiping items into your bag and watch it fill. On the trail, open the knot, the plant or the compass you need — and get on with the day. WHY IT MATTERS Nobody forgets the stove. Nobody carries twice the food. Nobody guesses at a berry. You spend the evening at the fire, not arguing over whose pack is heavier. TRACE THE ROPE Knots aren't watched here — they're tied. Drag the glowing end of the rope with your finger, loop by loop, over and under, then pull outward and feel it cinch. Ten essential knots, from the bowline to the prusik, with a stopwatch that remembers your best time. DEADLY TWINS Wild garlic or lily of the valley? Bilberry or deadly nightshade? Slide the divider between two look-alike plants and see exactly where they part ways. Before any plant is called edible, you tick off every sign yourself — one "no" and it tells you what it might really be. THE WAY BACK Turn the compass ring to your bearing and follow it until the needle settles. Leave camp and mark each turn: your steps and direction add up to a straight line home. No compass? Use your watch and the sun, a stick and its shadow, or the pointer stars to Polaris. FOOD, WATER, GAS Calories for every adult, teen and child, grams per meal, litres for the longest dry stretch and how many gas canisters to bring. See how the packs get lighter every morning and who carries what. YOUR TRAIL LOG A calendar of knots you've practised, the plants you've spotted, saved walks you can retrace and past trips with the things you left at home — so they make it into the bag next time. MADE FOR Hikers and backpackers, scout leaders and families on their first overnight, paddlers, bushcraft fans and anyone heading further than the road goes. Pack it before you need it. Open Out of Range.