This book offers essential advice on backpacking equipment, staying healthy while hiking, planning a trip, and being an environmentally-friendly hiker.

"Wilderness medicine expert Buck Tilton covers every step needed for the best hiking and backpacking experience. From gear to gourmet trail food, from good hiking technique to dressing the part, from using a map and compass to nibbling wild plants, this visually organized resource has everything today's hiker wants and needs--including top-quality color photos for inspiration." --back cover.

An experienced long-distance backpacker shares advice on proper hiking equipment, covering clothing, footwear, shelters, and cooking systems, and outlines sample gear kits for different types of terrain.

An introduction to backpacking and hiking that includes information on finding the proper gear, preparing for a hike, taking precautions against injury and illness, and learning the basic techniques required for dayhiking and short backpacking trips.

Photos, anecdotes, and outdoor-cooking recipes celebrating the history of the U.S. Forest Service.
Dedicated protectors of our national forests and grasslands, Forest Service agents live much of their lives outdoors, and that includes mealtimes. In decades past, rangers’ wives prepared meals with limited resources as they accompanied their husbands in the field, often supplementing cooking with k-rations cooked over an open fire.

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"An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in a chilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd. Emily is having the time of her life--she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of their trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker...

"Humorous, approachable guide for aspiring backpackers, part critique of modern backpacking culture and part how-to guide"--

Contains descriptions of hikes and climbs on Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks, providing specifications on each mountain and climb, GPS coordinates, length and class ratings, and other information.

Evan is a young American fleeing to Europe to escape his past. While back-packing along the Italian coast, everything changes during a stop at an idyllic Italian village, where he meets and instantly connects with the enchanting and mysterious Louise. A flirtatious romance begins to bloom between the two; however, Evan soon realizes that Louise has been harboring a monstrous, primordial secret that puts both their relationship and their lives in jeopardy....

"Discover Mother Nature's best-kept secret hikes. Nothing against the Bright Angel Trail, the Narrows, the Presidential Traverse, or Half Dome, which are all certainly worthy of their popularity, but hikers don't need another resource pointing them toward those conga lines. It's time we rewrite the backpacker's life list. Enter Backpacker Hidden Gems. For the first time ever, here is a collection of Mother Nature's best-kept secret hikes, chock full...