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The Dayhiker's Handbook
An All-Terrain, All-Season Guide
by John Long ; Michael Hodgson
ISBN: 0070291462
ISBN-13: 9780070291461
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published date: 1996
Size: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 216
Publisher's Notes
More than 60 million people in the U.S. alone actively walk each year, and many of us turn to trail hiking whenever possible. Here is the first comprehensive manual for dayhikers, designed to inspire and instruct beginning wanderers and those exploring new country. John Long's finely crafted, vividly experiential essays complement Michael Hodgson's fact-filled gear and technique discussions in an arresting, readerly blend. Were Thoreau to return today to build his essay on "Walking" into a how-to-book, it would resemble The Dayhiker's Handbook. Topics include proper clothing, selecting footwear and raingear, and compass use, predicting the difficulty of a hike, knowing when to turn around, managing food and water, traveling with kids, the ten essentials, weather lore, walking techniques, and more. The book's chapter coverage of the unique demands of distinctive terrain-desert, mountain, jungle, snow and ice, canyon and waterway, forest, coastal beaches, and urban-willl make it especially popular wherever vacationers prepare to venture into unfamiliar surroundings.
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The Dayhiker's Handbook: An All-Terrain, All-Season Guide
John Long; Michael Hodgson
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