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Author
Publisher
FalconGuides
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
327 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Have you been dreaming of the summer when you can hike the Appalachian Trail? Or marvel at the snow-capped peaks along the Pacific Crest Trail? Or simply section hike the Continental Divide Trail? In Backpacker's Long Trails, Liz "Snorkel" Thomas, former women's speed record holder for the Appalachian Trail and veteran of twenty long trails, gives you the tools to make this dream a reality. Included is trail-proven advice on selecting gear, stocking...
Publisher
Falcon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 339 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Backpacker MagazinesThe Complete Guide to Backpacking combines and distills the most useful and relevant skills necessary for backpacking in one easy to use guide, from the most respected authority on backpacking Backpacker magazine. From detailed descriptions of what to pack and how to pack it, to navigation and campsite cooking, to managing outdoor hazards and more, The Complete Guide to Backpacking is the definitive resource for...
Publisher
Cirque Productions LLC
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hike up the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine with four young men covering the 2,168 miles in five months. Vivid footage of the people they meet as well as the sights they see.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is not another backpacking gear book. Backpacking the Light Way is for both beginner and advanced backpackers who want to pack more efficiently, carry less weight, still be fully prepared for contingencies, and have more fun in the backcountry. It will benefit instructors and guides by giving them methods to teach their clients, and it will help them refine their risk assessment and trip planning techniques. This book presents field-tested, proven...
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Series
Publisher
Countryman
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations, some of which are in color, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For first-time visitors and longtime residents alike, here Utah's ultimate day-hike companion. Experience the fullness of Utah's magnificent outdoors, on hikes designed be completed within a few hours. photographs, descriptions of local flora, fauna, geology, and history, this book is your indispensable guide to it all"-- publishers website.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When it was first published in 1998, The Backpacker's Field Manual set the standard for comprehensive backpacking books. Now exhaustively updated to offer a more complete view of backpacking today, it covers the latest developments in gear-such as Global Positioning Systems and ultralight hiking equipment-first aid, and Leave No Trace comping, and includes a chapter devoted to outdoor leadership resources and basics. Beginners and experienced hikers...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Geysers, paint pots, and glowing blue pools; deep canyons with plunging waterfalls; broad river valleys with seemingly endless views; and tall rugged mountains--Yellowstone National Park is a hiker's paradise with more than 800 miles of trails. This updated edition of the classic guidebook has everything you need to explore this gorgeous national treasure."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
221, 7 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When two girls go backpacking deep in the woods of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, things go very wrong when they cross paths with a serial killer.
Best friends Neena and Josie spent high school as outsiders, but at least they had each other. Now, with college and a two-thousand-mile separation looming on the horizon, they have one last chance to be together: a three-day hike deep into the woods of the Pisgah National Forest....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 96 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
While the label of 'pilgrim' is still mostly associated with devout persons leaving home with purely religious motives, young people taking to the road as 'backpackers' are generally perceived as adventure seeking globetrotters. Questioning these stereotypes, anthropologist and filmmaker Tommi Mendel followed two young women, one along the Way of St. James - a centuries old pilgrimage route - through France and Spain, and another backpacking through...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Doug and his son set out on a backpacking trip through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. But when reports of social collapse reach the ranger station, Doug withdraws even further into the backcountry. The alpine winter presents its own dangers, as father and son must endure the elements, the solitude, and the ever-present threat of outsiders.
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
272 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Charlie Lamonte is thirteen years old, queer, black, and questioning what was once a firm belief in God. So naturally, she's spending a week of her summer vacation stuck at an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp. As the journey wears on and the rhetoric wears thin, she can't help but poke holes in the pious obliviousness of this storied sanctuary with little regard for people like herself -- or her fellow camper Sydney." -- Publisher's description.
"A...
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