Complete Sea Kayak Touring
2nd Edition
Published on 16. April 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-07-146128-3 (ISBN)
Description
Complete Sea Kayak Touring is the perfect guide for the newly proficient sea kayaker who's ready to move on to the next level of adventure. It covers everything from boats and gear to paddling techniques, rescues and recoveries, navigation, planning and provisioning, camping and cookery, cold-weather paddling, and more.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
45 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-146128-3 (9780071461283)
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Jonathan Hanson has been a sea kayaking instructor and guide since the 1980s. He has paddled in venues from South America to the Arctic Ocean, and routinely guides trips to Baja California and the Sea of Cortez. Hanson won the National Outdoor Book Award for The Ragged Mountain Press Guide to Outdoor Sports in 1997. He writes sea kayak boat and equipment reviews for Outside and National Geographic Adventure magazines, and his 2001 book for Outside Magazine on great world sea-kayaking destinations was shortlisted for the Banff Award.