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Note: Pictures below are not to scale. Prices and products are subject to change.

Updated: March 25, 2008

Woolrich Stag Jacket/Shirt
Woolrich makes this classic jacket/shirt thick enough to keep your heat in and the cold wind out, yet thin enough to have a full range of motion. It's oversized, so you can comfortably wear an extra layer (shirt, thermals, etc.) underneath. The blend of 80% wool/20% nylon insulates even when wet, breathes, and wears tough. Double shoulder yoke over the front and back. Two hand-warmer pockets below. Adjustable cuffs. Cotton/polyester twill inner collarband for comfort. Machine washable.

BOSS logo embroidered on the left chest pocket.

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BOSS Champion Sweatshirt
We tried on many sweatshirts before picking this one. The BOSS logo is printed on the left chest of this 12 oz. heavyweight Premium Reverse Weave Champion sweatshirt. Perfect to wear on cool days, this sweatshirt will get more comfortable each time you wear it... 81% cotton/17% polyester/2% black poly.Color: athletic grey.

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BOSS Alumni T-Shirt
The shirt you have to earn the right to wear. Printed with the BOSS logo and "BOSS Alumni" on left chest, "BOULDER OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SCHOOL" and "ADVENTURE CHALLENGE EDUCATION CULTURE" on the back with a 4-color pictograph panel. We will verify your status as an alumnus/alumna of the school before we mail this shirt to you. 100% Cotton T. Color: natural.

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BOSS "No Problem" T-Shirt
On the left chest, the BOSS logo. On the back, a pictograph-style hand with the following words spiraling around it: "No schedules, no meetings, no watches, no telephones, no e-mail, no makeup, no jewelry, no razors, no deodorant, no showers, no toilet paper, no sunglasses, no GPS units, no cell phones, no matches, no lighters, no flashlights, no stoves, no tents, no backpacks, no sleeping bags.... NO PROBLEM." 100% Cotton T. Color sage green.

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BOSS Baseball Caps
We carry adjustable baseball caps with the BOSS logo on the front and "www.boss-inc.com" on the back. These are the KC Caps Headshots model, which is pre-washed cotton for comfort and a soft, broken-in look.

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The BOSS "Versacloth"
This is our preferred low-tech alternative to a waistpack, called the BOSS Versacloth (okay, we made that name up...). This 5' by 5' piece of cotton muslin can be wrapped around your waist to hold your personal belongings comfortably, and the open cloth has a million other uses on the trail.

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BOSS Mugs
For those who want to physically bring a piece of BOSS into their everyday lives, we now have BOSS mugs! These hand-thrown stoneware mugs are perfect for the home and office, and each has the BOSS logo in relief on its side.

Available in two styles: Stout mug with handle and Straight mug with no handle. All mugs hold 14 oz.

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32oz BOSS Nalgene Loop-Top Water Bottles
While we might prefer to use a hollowed gourd or a clay pot to transport water on the trail at BOSS, we understand that modern technology offers a more convenient container for long trips. We therefore suggest you have one or two Nalgene water bottles on your course with us.

All of these water bottles have the BOSS logo screened on them. These are Lexan water bottles, better for hot liquids and will not retain the scent or taste of the bottle's past contents.

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BOSS Leather Key Fob
Durable brown leather key fob branded with the BOSS logo. Comes with a 1.5" key ring, available in chrome or brass color. 2.5" long, 1.2" wide.

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Stanfield's Superwash Wool Long Underwear
Stanfield’s Superwash Wool Long Underwear continues the Canadian company’s longstanding tradition of quality wool products.  This soft, washable wool blend absorbs moisture and insulates the body from the elements.  Best of all, wool is one of nature’s most enduring fibers and won’t hold onto odors as synthetic fabrics do.  Generous full length in all styles and flatlock seams for added comfort.  90% Soft Virgin Wool, 10% Nylon.  Machine washable.  Color: Natural.

Note: For the tops, we carry only Men's sizes, as the cut is basically the same. Women, please adjust accordingly.

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US Army Poncho
On the trail at BOSS, your poncho is a raincoat, ground cloth, tent, wind break, bivvy sack, water collector, blanketpack protector, etc. - an all around excellent item to have with you and an important item to select carefully.

This medium-weight, rubber coated rip-stop nylon poncho has a seam-sealed hood and drawstring closure to keep water from running down your shirt when it gets stormy. Snaps along both sides make it functional as a bivvy sack or to join it with another poncho for a two-person shelter. Reinforced edges with heavy-duty grommets also allow you to tie it down as a tarp or suspend it as a fly. This is a newly manufactured item, not a surplus item.

Note: We strongly urge you to consider investing in a quality poncho.

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Wool Military Blanket
For those on a tighter budget, this wool military blanket is also well-suited for the rigors of a Field Course. What makes this blanket particularly good is the quality of the wool and the tightness of the weave — you don't want a loose weave that allows cold air to blow through and chill you at night. This is a newly manufactured item, not a surplus item. Made in USA. Size: approx 64" x 80" Color: Olive/Grey.

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Aerobic Oxygen is a tasteless, odorless, colorless and instant water treatment. Ten to twelve drops per quart of water will, according to the manufacturer, instantly kill all anaerobic bacteria by super-saturating the water with an oxygen-rich environment. While the treatment is not 100% guaranteed, we have found a significant reduction in cases of Giardiasis since we began using AO in 1989. A single 2-ounce bottle will last a person approximately 6 weeks of daily use. Imported from Canada.

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This 4" Triflex laminated carbon steel model has three layers: a very hard center layer for the cutting edge (hardened to HRC 61) and a softer steel laminated on each side. The blade is extremely sharp and remains so, but is relatively elastic at the same time. This results in a tough blade this is easier to sharpen and has excellent tensile strength. A great knife for cutting, chopping, and slicing at BOSS.

NOTE: If you do not already have a wilderness knife, we STRONGLY encourage you to buy the Mora Triflex. For $14, you won't find a better blade.

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Personal First Aid Kit from Adventure Medical Kits
A small personal first aid kit is recommended by BOSS for minor cuts and abrasions. We suggest the Personal First Aid kit, which has most of what you need. More serious injuries will be managed by your instructors.

First Aid Manual / Instrument / Medication
First Aid Instructions, Splinter Picker/Tick Remover Forceps, Safety Pins (3), Ibuprofen (200 mg - 4), Aspirin (325 mg - 2), Antihistamine (diphenhydramine 25 mg - 2), After Bite® Itch & Sting Relief (2)

Wound Care / Blister
Nitrile Examination Gloves (2), Butterfly Closure Strips (2)
Triple Antibiotic Ointment (2), After Cuts & Scrapes® Antiseptic Towelettes (4), Sterile Gauze Dressings 3" x 3" and 2" x 2" (6)
Conforming 2" Gauze Bandage, Non-Adherent Sterile Dressing Strip Adhesive Fabric Bandages (3), Knuckle Adhesive Fabric Bandages (2), Cotton-Tipped Swabs (2), Adhesive Tape 1/2" x 10 yds, Moleskin 4" x 3"

Weight: 4.7 oz, Size: 6.5" x 4.5" x 1"

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Moleskin Plus
Known worldwide for its effective cushioning properties, Moleskin Plus is soft, cotton flannel padding that protects feet from painful shoe friction. Just cut it to size, stick it over the irritated area, and keep on hiking.

3 strips of 4 5/8" x 3 3/8"

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Outdoor Survival Skills
by Larry Dean Olsen
Considered the "unofficial textbook of BOSS," a lot of the skills and plants in this book related directly to the environment of Southern Utah. This is an excellent, comprehensive book about primitive survival skills.

From the publisher: "This unique guide teaches how to survive in almost any outdoor environment with little or no purchased equipment, relying on what nature provides. Chapters on shelter, fire, water, plants, animals, and special skills explain how to: Build a lean-to; brush, pole, or grass thatch wickiup; wattlework shelter; snow cave; Make fire with flint, bow drill, hand drill, fire saw; make a fire carrier of bundle; Obtain drinking water from dew, water pockets, an evaporation still; Fashion tools, fish hooks, traps, bows, arrows, spears from stone, bone, and wood; Make rawhide, tan leather; weave bark and other plant fibers Harvest grasshoppers, ants, grubs; trap, hunt, and stalk larger game.

Readers soon grasp that survival depends not only on mastery of these skills but on small commonsense decisions about when and where to seek food and water, build shelter, or travel. In this new edition, anecdotes from the author's lifetime of experience provide thrilling examples of the skills and attitudes that ensure success and survival outdoors."

Chicago Review Press. Paperback. 272 pages with color plates.

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From the Back Cover: "Living in modern society, we have become increasingly disassociated from the earth, from the essence of ourselves, and the need is awakened in us to return to the wilderness--physically and emotionally. We long to feel a sense of connection with our ancient roots. This urge is what has prompted man's fascination with primitive skills: producing objects from natural materials using methods similar to prehistoric cultures.

Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills is a sharing of ideas — the philosophies, the history, and the personal stories by the authorities on primitive technology from the pages of The Bulletin of Primitive Technology. Included are instructions for creating fire and tools of wood, stone, and bone, as well as fiber adhesives, projectiles, art, and music. Practicing these primitive methods will lead the seeker towards a tangible, raw connection with the ancient past, with nature's resources and, ultimately, with the creative forces that constructed the foundation of man's survival on the planet."

Gibbs Smith Press. Paperback. 232 Pages.

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From the Back Cover: "Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills continues the tradition of preserving this heritage. Through this collection, assemble from the Bulletin of Primitive Technology, we step into the past to relearn old ways, and share them with the future. Learn to create stone tools that may be used to fabricate more complex technologies. Master the art of the bow and arrow, and the preparation of food. Build a shelter or fashion clothing from fibers or buckskin. Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills will guide you to a better understanding of the skills and crafts that bind us all into this great human family."

Gibbs Smith Press. Paperback. 250 Pages.

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Practicing Primitive: A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills
by Steven M. Watts
Practicing Primitive: A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills is a collection of information and images put together over a twenty-year period in a search for hands-on communication with our shared Stone Age past. Prehistorian Steve Watts directs the Aboriginal Studies Program at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina and is a good friend of BOSS's.

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"At long last Steve Watts has put together the book we've all been waiting for--Practicing Primitive: A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills. For years we've been treated to a tantalizing, trickling stream of Watts' tidbits of aboriginal skills. They have been scattered far and wide in various publications and handouts. But now, he has assembled them all under one cover. With this book, Watts has laid us a trail we will be following for years to come. And so our ancestral skills and values are passed into the future." -- Errett Callahan, PhD.

Gibbs Smith Press. Softcover. 225 Pages.

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Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries

Josh Bernstein takes readers beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations on the planet as he explores the world’s greatest ancient mysteries.

From the Publisher: "No location is too dangerous, no terrain too rough, no culture too exotic for explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein. With his unique hands-on approach, he travels the globe, seeking answers to some of the most enigmatic mysteries of the ancient world. Digging for the Truth shares Josh’s personal stories, journals, and insights, revealing the risks and dangers of what went on behind the scenes in shooting the show, and the fascinating details about what he uncovers along each adventure."

"Digging for the Truth is a heavily illustrated, exciting, funny and smartly written book about all sorts of human history. It’s fascinating to read and beautiful to look at." - Bookslut.com

"...an exciting, addicting read." - Publishers Weekly

Gotham Books. Hardcover. 208 Pages.
SIGNED BY JOSH BERNSTEIN.

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