As part of our aim to help support people planning their own expeditions we are developing this online resources page. It includes information about other companies, courses or books which we recommend.

If you have other suggestions please send them along (contact us)…

Bushcraft

• Ray Mears - Essential Bushcraft; Hodder and Stoughton; ISBN 0340829710
  Check this book out on Amazon.com
• www.woodsmoke.uk.com - great teaching in a beautiful Lake District setting

Canopy Access

• www.globalcanopy.org
• The Global Canopy Handbook - ISBN 0954297008
  Check this book out on Amazon
• The Enchanted Canopy – Andrew Mitchell – ISBN 0006372503
  Check this book out on Amazon.com

Conservation

• www.sosrhino.org
• www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk
• Last Chance to See – Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine – ISBN 0 345 37198 4 - Some light reading but with a serious message and some Douglas Adams style tongue in cheek
  Check this book out on Amazon.com

Expedition Providers

• www.acrossthedivide.com Run expedition style charity and corporate challenges all around the world including, in collaberation with Fieldskills, in Borneo
  
• www.adventurelifesigns.co.uk Youth expedition company and part of the Lifesigns Group for expedition training
  
• www.adventureworks.co.uk Youth expedition company working with Fieldskills in Borneo and in many other destinations worldwide
  
• www.bses.org.uk - youth development charity that organises challenging scientific expeditions to remote, wild environments. Fieldskills work with BSES by training many of their leaders for Tropical Environments.
• www.raleighinternational.org youth and education charity that run challenging expeditions in Borneo, Costa Rica & Nicaragua and India for all ages. Combination of sustainable community, environmental and adventure projects
• www.ventureco-worldwide.com Three-phase expeditions for Gap Years, Career Gaps and School Expeditions. Groups spend time learning about the host culture and their language before volunteering on a project and finally joining an expedition.
  
• www.wilderness-expertise.co.uk Youth expedition company sending schools teams to Borneo with Fieldskills logistical support. Part of the Expertise consultancy group.
  

Expedition Skills

• www.rgs.org - The central body with a wealth of information about expeditions and expedition training
• www.theyet.org/
• Expedition Handbook –
  The Royal Geographical Society – ISBN 1 86197 044 7
  You can download chapters for free on the RGS website
• Mountaincraft and Leadership –
  Eric Langmuir – ISBN 1 85060 295 6
  Check this book out on Amazon.com

Forums and portals

• See the TravelQuest Expedition index for more companies specialising in expeditions and expedition training www.travel-quest.co.uk/tqexpedition.htm

• Guiding Stars

Gap Years

• www.gapaid.org GapAid - provides essential information for those considering a year out, from help with financial planning and insurance cover to what to pack and where to go - GapAid's website helps you prepare for an adventure of a lifetime

Kit and Equipment

• www.cotswoldoutdoor.com Excellent range of equipment along with a 20% discount for Fieldskills clients.

• www.escape2.co.uk Great independent outdoor shop we came across in Warwick. They offer all fieldskills clients a discount in store and via their comprehensive website.

• www.nomadtravel.co.uk Nomad specialise in expedition kit. They provide much of Fieldskills' jungle kit and offer a 10% discount to all our clients. Contact us for a discount code if you haven't already got one.

• www.spservices.co.uk SP Services provide specialist medical kit - we often use them for more specialist kit on consultancy jobs. If you are interested in buying medical kit for your exped contact Paul Fryer at SP. Mention Fieldskills and he'll make sure you get a good deal.

Medical and First Aid Training

• www.wildernessmedicaltraining.co.uk - As well as great far from help medical courses check out their conferences and courses for Doctors in Chamonix and Morocco.
• www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk - Expedition training for medics including a jungle specific course with Fieldskills in Borneo
• Expedition Medicine – The Royal Geographical Society – ISBN 1 86197 040 4
  You can download chapters for free on the RGS website
• Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine - NEW by Chris Johnson, Sarah Anderson, Jon Dallimore, Shane Winser, and David Warrell (eds.) A comprehensive pocket guide to expedition medicine, with practical advice for use in remote environments, and links and references to further information. Oxford Univeristy Press Medical Handbooks. ISBN: 978-0-19-929661-3 You can buy this direct from the RGS You can buy this direct from the RGS
• Expedition and Travel Medicine - By Sean Hudson and Caroline Knox - Published by Expedition Medicine LTD

Mountaineering

• www.jagged-globe.co.uk
• The Mountain Skills Training Handbook – Pete Hill and Stuart Johnston – ISBN 0 7153 1848 9
  Check this book out on Amazon.com

Other countries

• www.crees-expeditions.com Fieldskills are developing strong links with this excellent centre in Peru which offers volunteering, expeditioning and research opportunities.
• www.letloosewithadventure.com Let Loose is run by Kevin and Karen Albin - they are long standing collegues of Fieldskills and we highly recommend them as providers of activities in Europe and further afield... in the pipeline is a project with them to offer Fieldskills training expeditions to Europe - watch this space...
• www.travellernottourist.com A team member from one of Dom's old expeditions has set up this grass roots project in Peru

Team building

• www.pinnaclechallenge.co.uk Professional Team Building and Outdoor Instruction. As well as offering an excellent range of corporate events, charity abseils and climbing courses Pinnacle also made excellent office mates for Fieldskills UK for a while in Warwick!

Travel advice

• www.allsafetravels.com Follow this link to get a 33% discount on all safe travels service in providing country specific safety news www.gapadvice.org
• www.gapadvice.org
• www.greentraveller.co.uk
• www.maketravelfair.com
• www.yoursafeplanet.co.uk

Tropical Forest

• www.rainforestweb.org
• An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests – T C Whitmore – ISBN 0 19 850147 1
  Check this book out on Amazon.com
• Tropical Rain Forest in South East Asia – A pictorial journey – Ken Rubeli – ISBN 967 73 0013 X
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• Portrait of the rainforest – ISBN 0921820992
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and... a bit of fun

• www.countdown2010.net/daversity
• www.truemajority.org/exxontoaststheplanet