Book Description
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people living in desert environments drive into the desert, for recreation or sport or exploration. Whether lasting a few hours or several days, these excursions can go badly wrong. The consequences of mismanagment, ignorance or misjudgement can range from mere irritating delays to the loss of vehicles or even the death of their occupants. Desert driving demands good sense and the ability to handle your vehicle. But it also requires considerable skills in other fields: navigation by day and night, weather, the capabilities of various types of vehicle, landsurfaces in one condition or another, provisioning, survival, and more.
For many years, Jim Stabler, compiler and author of The Desert Driver's Manual and contributor to Desert Treks from Riyadh, has been penetrating the desert terrain of Arabia in vehicles of many kinds under every sort of condition and circumstance. In The Desert Driver's Manual he has distilled his wisdom in compact, orderly form to produce the essential handbook which no driver leaving the tarmac in desert regions can risk being without.
Synopsis
Desert excursions can go badly wrong. Not only does it demand good sense and the ability to handle your vehicle, but it also requires considerable skill in other fields: navigation by day and night, weather, the capabilities of various types of vehicle and more. Jim Stabler, an expert in penetrating the desert terrain of Arabia, has distilled his wisdom to produce the essential handbook which no driver leaving the tarmac in desert regions can risk being without.
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