Backpacker and hiker's handbook
| Main Author: | Kemsley, William. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Mechanicsburg, PA :
Stackpole Books,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Getting started
- What to wear
- Getting in shape for backpacking
- Buying your outfit
- Planning your trip
- On the trail
- Where and how to set up camp
- Purifying and carrying water
- Eating and cooking on the trail
- Going light
- Finding your way
- How to deal with the weather
- Health, safety, and first aid for the trail
- Insect and plant nuisances
- Getting the most from your trail photography
- Dangers from the weather
- Snakes
- New bear attacks : take them seriously
- Cougar alert
- The fine art of picking your hiking companions
- Family hiking and backpacking
- Women-only groups on the trail
- Seniors taking to the trails
- Taking your pet
- Going alone
- Deciding where to backpack
- Overnighting at inns and huts
- Enjoying the high mountains
- Desert hiking
- Canyon hiking
- Extending your hiking season into fall
- Getting started winter backpacking.