(Set) America’s Great Trails & Outdoor Fundamentals: Everything You Need to Know to Stay Safe

Head into the great outdoors with the experts in this two-course set. Start with America’s Great Trails, where you’ll embark on an adventure through the rugged heart of North America and uncover its most closely held secrets, in six breathtaking episodes. Then, in Outdoor Fundamentals: Everything You Need to Know to Stay Safe, all get the practical skills, knowledge, and insight you need to set off for the water or the woods.

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