Outdoor Skills School

OSS is a group of outdoor enthusiasts and skills instructors. OSS wants to educate and enable the community in Cincinnati, Ohio to engage in outdoor pursuits in their own backyard and beyond. Through the vehicle of classes set in local parks, OSS instructors guide students through essential skill sets; map & compass, knot-tying, team building, kayak/canoe, GPS, climbing (anchor building, self rescue, technique, lead), and food preparation on the trail. The courses are designed to be approachable yet thoroughly informative.

The Skills Manual is an on-the-go reference guide for students of the Outdoor Skills School. Outdoor Skills School asked me to condense their curriculum into something useful for their unique outdoor skills instructional courses.

The format I used was inspired by a copy of an Army Field Manual that I own from 1970. It is a very durable and cheaply produced book—perfect bound, uncoated stock.

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