Author: Ann Marie Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510708529
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Are you a first-timer about to take your inaugural trek? Are you veteran hiker looking to be even more efficient when enjoying the sport you love? Are you someone in between? Then look no further than expert trekker Ann Brown’s Hike Smart, the definitive guide to efficient and enjoyable hiking for all levels of experience. Compiling knowledge from over thirty years of hiking, Hike Smart includes hundreds of tips, tactics, and techniques all aimed at helping you become a better hiker. Within these pages, you’ll find: • Dozens of trail dos and don’ts • Pointers on choosing the right gear for your hike—with an emphasis on boots and packs • Advice on negotiating different terrains • Recommendations on how-to deal with unexpected on-trail situations • Stories and interviews from hikers who’ve conquered tough trails • Beautiful color photos of some of America’s most majestic hikes • And much more! So whether you’re about to embark on your first hike or your hundred-and-first, Hike Smart is the only guide you’ll need to ensure that you have your most enjoyable, and smartest trek yet.
Hike Smart
Author: Ann Marie Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510708529
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Are you a first-timer about to take your inaugural trek? Are you veteran hiker looking to be even more efficient when enjoying the sport you love? Are you someone in between? Then look no further than expert trekker Ann Brown’s Hike Smart, the definitive guide to efficient and enjoyable hiking for all levels of experience. Compiling knowledge from over thirty years of hiking, Hike Smart includes hundreds of tips, tactics, and techniques all aimed at helping you become a better hiker. Within these pages, you’ll find: • Dozens of trail dos and don’ts • Pointers on choosing the right gear for your hike—with an emphasis on boots and packs • Advice on negotiating different terrains • Recommendations on how-to deal with unexpected on-trail situations • Stories and interviews from hikers who’ve conquered tough trails • Beautiful color photos of some of America’s most majestic hikes • And much more! So whether you’re about to embark on your first hike or your hundred-and-first, Hike Smart is the only guide you’ll need to ensure that you have your most enjoyable, and smartest trek yet.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510708529
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Are you a first-timer about to take your inaugural trek? Are you veteran hiker looking to be even more efficient when enjoying the sport you love? Are you someone in between? Then look no further than expert trekker Ann Brown’s Hike Smart, the definitive guide to efficient and enjoyable hiking for all levels of experience. Compiling knowledge from over thirty years of hiking, Hike Smart includes hundreds of tips, tactics, and techniques all aimed at helping you become a better hiker. Within these pages, you’ll find: • Dozens of trail dos and don’ts • Pointers on choosing the right gear for your hike—with an emphasis on boots and packs • Advice on negotiating different terrains • Recommendations on how-to deal with unexpected on-trail situations • Stories and interviews from hikers who’ve conquered tough trails • Beautiful color photos of some of America’s most majestic hikes • And much more! So whether you’re about to embark on your first hike or your hundred-and-first, Hike Smart is the only guide you’ll need to ensure that you have your most enjoyable, and smartest trek yet.
The Trail Provides
Author: David Smart
Publisher: John David Smart Jr.
ISBN: 9781734984200
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Disillusioned by the corporate lifestyle, David finds himself unemployed and desperate for change. Bradley, his older, more adventurous, and slightly-wreckless college fraternity brother presents an enticing offer. Just a few weeks later, the two inexperienced hopefuls abandon society and plunge into a soul-searching sojourn to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile Mexico-to-Canada footpath--barefoot. At the trail's mercy from day one, the two hikers face the endless pains of walking, rising tensions, and falling behind to the coming winter. The Trail Provides is a thru-hiking memoir filled with stories about companionship and lessons learned, dreams and reality, and leaving everything behind for the desire of transformation, insight, and self-discovery. Now, let's begin the journey...
Publisher: John David Smart Jr.
ISBN: 9781734984200
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Disillusioned by the corporate lifestyle, David finds himself unemployed and desperate for change. Bradley, his older, more adventurous, and slightly-wreckless college fraternity brother presents an enticing offer. Just a few weeks later, the two inexperienced hopefuls abandon society and plunge into a soul-searching sojourn to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile Mexico-to-Canada footpath--barefoot. At the trail's mercy from day one, the two hikers face the endless pains of walking, rising tensions, and falling behind to the coming winter. The Trail Provides is a thru-hiking memoir filled with stories about companionship and lessons learned, dreams and reality, and leaving everything behind for the desire of transformation, insight, and self-discovery. Now, let's begin the journey...
Open Season
Author: Daren Worcester
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608936481
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Woods Cop: True Stories of the Maine Warden Service is a collection of 21 stories from two former colonels, two lieutenants, two sergeants, four district wardens, a warden pilot, and one currently active duty corporal. Altogether, their cumulative experiences account for more than 300 years of warden experience. Before reality TV cameras, GPS devices, and dashboard computers, these wardens presided over a coming of age era for the Maine Warden Service. It was a time when a compass, map, and their wits were what mattered most in the field. Every day offered the potential for an exciting new adventure, many of which endangered the wardens themselves. This book recreates the full warden experience. In addition to hair-raising, life-and-death scenarios, the collection covers moments such as a child innocently outing his parents as “looking for deer” at night, the doldrums of a stakeout, and the grief of tragedy. The stories have been written in a third person, narrative format to ensure consistency in style and to help readers feel the excitement of a twig snapped in the dark, the frustration of second guessing yourself when lives are at stake, and the duty to do what’s right, even if it means breaking the law.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608936481
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Woods Cop: True Stories of the Maine Warden Service is a collection of 21 stories from two former colonels, two lieutenants, two sergeants, four district wardens, a warden pilot, and one currently active duty corporal. Altogether, their cumulative experiences account for more than 300 years of warden experience. Before reality TV cameras, GPS devices, and dashboard computers, these wardens presided over a coming of age era for the Maine Warden Service. It was a time when a compass, map, and their wits were what mattered most in the field. Every day offered the potential for an exciting new adventure, many of which endangered the wardens themselves. This book recreates the full warden experience. In addition to hair-raising, life-and-death scenarios, the collection covers moments such as a child innocently outing his parents as “looking for deer” at night, the doldrums of a stakeout, and the grief of tragedy. The stories have been written in a third person, narrative format to ensure consistency in style and to help readers feel the excitement of a twig snapped in the dark, the frustration of second guessing yourself when lives are at stake, and the duty to do what’s right, even if it means breaking the law.
Up
Author: Patricia Ellis Herr
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 030795207X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
When Trish Herr became pregnant with her first daughter, Alex, she and her husband, Hugh, vowed to instill a bond with nature in their children. By the time Alex was five, her over-the-top energy levels led Trish to believe that her very young daughter might be capable of hiking adult-sized mountains. In Up, Trish recounts their always exhilarating--and sometimes harrowing--adventures climbing all forty-eight of New Hampshire's highest mountains. Readers will delight in the expansive views and fresh air that only peakbaggers are afforded, and will laugh out loud as Trish urges herself to "mother up" when she and Alex meet an ornery--and alarmingly bold--spruce grouse on the trail. This is, at heart, a resonant, emotionally honest account of a mother's determination to foster independence and fearlessness in her daughter, to teach her "that small doesn't necessarily mean weak; that girls can be strong; and that big, bold things are possible."
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 030795207X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
When Trish Herr became pregnant with her first daughter, Alex, she and her husband, Hugh, vowed to instill a bond with nature in their children. By the time Alex was five, her over-the-top energy levels led Trish to believe that her very young daughter might be capable of hiking adult-sized mountains. In Up, Trish recounts their always exhilarating--and sometimes harrowing--adventures climbing all forty-eight of New Hampshire's highest mountains. Readers will delight in the expansive views and fresh air that only peakbaggers are afforded, and will laugh out loud as Trish urges herself to "mother up" when she and Alex meet an ornery--and alarmingly bold--spruce grouse on the trail. This is, at heart, a resonant, emotionally honest account of a mother's determination to foster independence and fearlessness in her daughter, to teach her "that small doesn't necessarily mean weak; that girls can be strong; and that big, bold things are possible."
Smart and Savvy Hiking
Author: Kim Lipker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 145961755X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Large print.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 145961755X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Large print.
Trip Planner
Author: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, Division of Interpretation and Resource Education
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160937323
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
To take the first step to a grand family travel time, the Park Service offers a helpful guide, Trip Planner, filled with general information starting with "Getting to the Grand Canyon," what weather to expect when there, plus lots of details and photos about the South and North Rim and more. Park Rangers know just about everything and anything to make your Grand Canyon visit all you could expect it to be. So they urge you to "get involved." Start now by obtaining the Grand Canyon Trip Planner. "Awesome" is an understatement! Audience: tourists to national parks, hikers, backpackers, National Park Rangers, travel agents, tour packagers, nature explorers, travel agents and companies, and more
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160937323
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
To take the first step to a grand family travel time, the Park Service offers a helpful guide, Trip Planner, filled with general information starting with "Getting to the Grand Canyon," what weather to expect when there, plus lots of details and photos about the South and North Rim and more. Park Rangers know just about everything and anything to make your Grand Canyon visit all you could expect it to be. So they urge you to "get involved." Start now by obtaining the Grand Canyon Trip Planner. "Awesome" is an understatement! Audience: tourists to national parks, hikers, backpackers, National Park Rangers, travel agents, tour packagers, nature explorers, travel agents and companies, and more
Backpacker
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Hiking Is Fundamental
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493063634
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Discover the joy of hiking, one step at a time Hiking is Fundamental is an informative celebration of all things hiking. Illustrated list-style chapters cover the core elements of getting into hiking, from preparation to pacing. This inviting overview will demystify the whole hiking experience and give readers the tools and skills they need to get started with confidence. Hiking is not exclusive to the wealthy, the athletic, or the experienced. It’s fun! And it’s for everyone.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493063634
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Discover the joy of hiking, one step at a time Hiking is Fundamental is an informative celebration of all things hiking. Illustrated list-style chapters cover the core elements of getting into hiking, from preparation to pacing. This inviting overview will demystify the whole hiking experience and give readers the tools and skills they need to get started with confidence. Hiking is not exclusive to the wealthy, the athletic, or the experienced. It’s fun! And it’s for everyone.
The Hike
Author: Drew Magary
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399563865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
“The Hike just works. It’s like early, good Chuck Palahniuk. . . . Magary underhands a twist in at the end that hits you like a sharp jab at the bell. . . . It’s just that good.” —NPR.org “A page-turner. . . . Inventive, funny. . . . Quietly profound and touching.”—BoingBoing From the author of The Night the Lights Went Out and The Postmortal, a fantasy saga unlike any you’ve read before, weaving elements of folk tales and video games into a riveting, unforgettable adventure of what a man will endure to return to his family When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects. On a quest of epic, life-or-death proportions, Ben finds help comes in some of the most unexpected forms, including a profane crustacean and a variety of magical objects, tools, and potions. Desperate to return to his family, Ben is determined to track down the “Producer,” the creator of the world in which he is being held hostage and the only one who can free him from the path. At once bitingly funny and emotionally absorbing, Magary’s novel is a remarkably unique addition to the contemporary fantasy genre, one that draws as easily from the world of classic folk tales as it does from video games. In The Hike, Magary takes readers on a daring odyssey away from our day-to-day grind and transports them into an enthralling world propelled by heart, imagination, and survival.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399563865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
“The Hike just works. It’s like early, good Chuck Palahniuk. . . . Magary underhands a twist in at the end that hits you like a sharp jab at the bell. . . . It’s just that good.” —NPR.org “A page-turner. . . . Inventive, funny. . . . Quietly profound and touching.”—BoingBoing From the author of The Night the Lights Went Out and The Postmortal, a fantasy saga unlike any you’ve read before, weaving elements of folk tales and video games into a riveting, unforgettable adventure of what a man will endure to return to his family When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects. On a quest of epic, life-or-death proportions, Ben finds help comes in some of the most unexpected forms, including a profane crustacean and a variety of magical objects, tools, and potions. Desperate to return to his family, Ben is determined to track down the “Producer,” the creator of the world in which he is being held hostage and the only one who can free him from the path. At once bitingly funny and emotionally absorbing, Magary’s novel is a remarkably unique addition to the contemporary fantasy genre, one that draws as easily from the world of classic folk tales as it does from video games. In The Hike, Magary takes readers on a daring odyssey away from our day-to-day grind and transports them into an enthralling world propelled by heart, imagination, and survival.
Hike Your Own Hike
Author:
Publisher: SonicTrek, Inc.
ISBN: 0976581213
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Publisher: SonicTrek, Inc.
ISBN: 0976581213
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description