Backpacker's Start-Up
A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking
Published on 1. May 1999
146 pages
978-1-884654-50-3 (ISBN)
Description
Aimed specifically at the novice outdoor adventurer, this comprehensive guide explains the essential gear, preparations, precautions, and techniques required for day hiking and short backpacking trips. Through informative, entertaining, and encouraging personal anecdotes, the guide emphasizes the physical, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits of spending time in nature. Essential first aid and map-reading information is also included.
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05/1999
Tracks Publishing,U.S.
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Content
- Front Cover
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Preface: Plan for fun
- Introduction: Rewards
- 1. Getting started the right way
- Dayhikes
- Overnights
- 2. Footgear
- 3. Clothing
- 4. Backpacks
- 5. Sleeping bags & pads
- 6. Art of packing
- 7. Tents
- 8.Water treatment
- 9. Making & breaking camp
- 10. Eating
- 11. Stoves
- 12. Toilet
- 13. Outdoor safety & well-being
- 14. Maps
- 15. Backpacker's list
- Summary of costs
- Making sense of the costs
- Glossary
- Resources
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author & Start-Up Sports
- Back Cover
