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Hiking and Backpacking: A Complete Illustrated Guide

Hiking and Backpacking: A Complete Illustrated Guide - Paperback

by Buck Tilton
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Availability:In StockContributor:Buck Tilton, Stephen Gorman (Photographer)Publish date:2024-04-23Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lyons PressISBN-13:9781493081516ISBN-10:1493081519UPC:9781493081516Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Hiking, Outdoor Skills, WalkingSize:8.01 x 8.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SC4K5QWYZE

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.

Never again will mosquitoes, blisters, bad food, or the wrong gear ruin a great hike--not with Hiking & Backpacking, a quick-reading, picture-driven guide that offers the highest level of expertise in the most user-friendly format ever. The first such reference created for visual learners, it covers every step needed for the best hiking and backpacking experience, one step at a time.

Step-by-step full-color photo sequences and information-packed, clearly worded instructions are the hallmarks of this definitive one-volume resource.

Inside are clear instructions and 460 color photos covering:

Gear

Clothing

Boots

How to Hike

Where to Hike

Navigation

Setting Up Camp

Recipes

Camp Hygiene

Zero Impact

Wild Animals & Plants

Wilderness First Aid

Language:EnglishPublisher:Lyons PressISBN-13:9781493081516ISBN-10:1493081519UPC:9781493081516Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Hiking, Outdoor Skills, WalkingSize:8.01 x 8.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SC4K5QWYZE

Buck Tilton is a leading wilderness medicine expert, Backpacker magazine columnist, and author of Backcountry First Aid and Wilderness First Responder (both FalconGuides(R)), and Knots You Need. He teaches at Central Wyoming College.


Stephen Gorman is a photographer and writer whose photo-essay books include Northeastern Wilds and The American Wilderness. His work has also appeared in Knack Canoeing for Everyone and Knack Car Camping for Everyone, as well as numerous national magazines, including Outside and Audubon.


Publisher: Lyons Press

Contributor(s)

Buck Tilton, Stephen Gorman (Photographer)

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Buck Tilton

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