Download or read book The Hiker s Way written by John McKinney and published by . This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the most out of life-on and off the trail. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, hiking trails near and far, reconnecting with nature or just learning more about the fine art of hiking, this book will show you the way. John McKinney motivates and empowers, amuses and uplifts hikers on this amazing path we call life. The Hiker's Way illuminates the way to: Hike Smart. Learn how to prepare for a hike and master practicalities in a way that you'll remember them. Live Well. Gain the benefits of good health, physical- mental-spiritual rejuvenation. Go Green. Learn the hiker's way to re-connect with nature and get all the benefits of "green exercise." Forget the old concept of hiking as a march from Point A to Point B. Hiking doesn't have to be so hard. It really doesn't. John has spent more than three decades learning how to get the most out of time on the trail. Join John McKinney, a.k.a. The Trailmaster, as he teaches you: * What the crucial difference is between going on a hike and becoming a hiker. * How to choose gear-and adopt a gear philosophy-that's right for you. * How hiking in nature improves health; how to go from feeling stressed to feeling blessed. * What makes a good hiking companion and when it's okay to go it alone. * How to appreciate each season, and hike safely over all kinds of terrain. The author of 20 books and a thousand articles about hiking, McKinney has hiked and written about the best trails all across America, as well as in Europe and many more locales from Carribbean nations to Pacific islands. He's guided hikes all around his native California and trained hike leaders to teach beginners the joys of hiking and the basics of safety on the trail. In The Hiker's Way, he shares his trail wisdom and colorful stories in a very inspiring and entertaining way. This book is a great gift for that special hiker-or would-be hiker-in your life.
Download or read book Hike Smart written by Ann Marie Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a first-timer about to take your inaugural trek? Are you veteran hiker looking to be even more efficient when enjoying the sport you love? Are you someone in between? Then look no further than expert trekker Ann Brown’s Hike Smart, the definitive guide to efficient and enjoyable hiking for all levels of experience. Compiling knowledge from over thirty years of hiking, Hike Smart includes hundreds of tips, tactics, and techniques all aimed at helping you become a better hiker. Within these pages, you’ll find: • Dozens of trail dos and don’ts • Pointers on choosing the right gear for your hike—with an emphasis on boots and packs • Advice on negotiating different terrains • Recommendations on how-to deal with unexpected on-trail situations • Stories and interviews from hikers who’ve conquered tough trails • Beautiful color photos of some of America’s most majestic hikes • And much more! So whether you’re about to embark on your first hike or your hundred-and-first, Hike Smart is the only guide you’ll need to ensure that you have your most enjoyable, and smartest trek yet.
Download or read book Smart and Savvy Hiking written by Kim Lipker and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large print.
Download or read book Smart and Savvy Hiking written by Kim Lipker and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart & Savvy Hiking will walk readers through the basics of the outdoor world and how to have a fulfilling outdoor experience. Information will be presented in a way that offers women unique ways to experience the outdoors, through journaling, goal setting, and checklists. Women of all outdoor-ability levels will be engaged. Hiking mistress and trail master Kim Lipker starts with the assumption that, Yes!, females are indeed at home in the wilderness. This unique guide is packed with essential how-to information, wit, wisdom, and tips on everything from safety, to basic equipment, to hiking while pregnant. Whether new to the sport or a veteran, Smart & Savvy Hiking prepares females to have fun, enjoy, and be safe on a day hike through the woods, weekend blast in the desert, or extended journey on a long trail. Daring? Of course. Dangerous? No way. Divine? In every possible way.
Download or read book The Trail Provides A Boy s Memoir of Thru Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail written by David Smart and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disillusioned by the corporate lifestyle, David finds himself unemployed and desperate for change. Bradley, his older, more adventurous, and slightly-wreckless college fraternity brother presents an enticing offer. Just a few weeks later, the two inexperienced hopefuls abandon society and plunge into a soul-searching sojourn to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile Mexico-to-Canada footpath--barefoot. At the trail's mercy from day one, the two hikers face the endless pains of walking, rising tensions, and falling behind to the coming winter.The Trail Provides is a thru-hiking memoir filled with stories about companionship and lessons learned, dreams and reality, and leaving everything behind for the desire of transformation, insight, and self-discovery. Now, let's begin the journey...
Download or read book HIKE Smart written by John McKinney and published by Trailmaster. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the Art of Hiking Smart! Trailmaster John McKinney shares what?s trail sense and what?s nonsense in ?Hike Smart.? The hiking expert addresses a distressing, even dangerous, information gap and adds a call to action for those with hiking skills to help others gain them.?HIKE Smart? covers some serious ground in a very upbeat and entertaining way. ? Get easy-to-remember pointers on how to set the right pace, safely cross a stream, hike in hot weather and cold.? Find out how to gear-up and dress for hiking success, how to stay on the trail, and what to do?and never do?if you get lost.? Learn the best ways to thwart mosquitoes, avoid poison oak and ivy, and what to do if you cross paths with a snake or bear.?I wrote ?HIKE Smart? to offer some of the hiker wisdom, trail sense, and insights about getting along in the natural world that were once more routinely passed down from one generation to another,? says McKinney, who served as Los Angeles Times hiking columnist for 18 years, written many popular trail guides and trained hike leaders.The author says the best part of his job as a hiking expert is telling people to ?Take a hike!? The worst part of his job is addressing the increase in the number of lost and injured hikers, as well as needless fatalities. McKinney is a go-to source for comment on just why so many who go hiking are so ill-prepared, and why otherwise smart people do such dumb things in the great outdoors. The guide is one of the popular books in The Trailmaster Pocket Guide Series, created especially for hikers and designed to fit perfectly in the hiker?s pocket or pack?HIKE Smart? and the other how-to guides in the series are packed with easy-to-remember tips to hike safely, re-connect with nature and have fun.
Download or read book Smart and Savvy Hiking written by Kim Lipker and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2010-03-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart & Savvy Hiking will walk readers through the basics of the outdoor world and how to have a fulfilling outdoor experience. Information will be presented in a way that offers women unique ways to experience the outdoors, through journaling, goal setting, and checklists. Women of all outdoor-ability levels will be engaged. Hiking mistress and trail master Kim Lipker starts with the assumption that, Yes!, females are indeed at home in the wilderness. This unique guide is packed with essential how-to information, wit, wisdom, and tips on everything from safety, to basic equipment, to hiking while pregnant. Whether new to the sport or a veteran, Smart & Savvy Hiking prepares females to have fun, enjoy, and be safe on a day hike through the woods, weekend blast in the desert, or extended journey on a long trail. Daring? Of course. Dangerous? No way. Divine? In every possible way.
Download or read book The Smart Guide to Hiking and Backpacking written by Brian Nordstrom and published by Smart Guide Publications Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon six decades of camping, hiking, and family vacations to national parks all over the United States, outdoor enthusiast Brian Nordstrom provides readers with the essential information about gear, hiking and camping with children, and basic first aid in this outdoor guide. The book also discusses wilderness survival—not only how to avoid dangerous situations, but also how to deal with them when they do occur. This is an important resource for readers seeking enjoyable and safe backcountry experiences.
Download or read book Open Season written by Daren Worcester and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woods Cop: True Stories of the Maine Warden Service is a collection of 21 stories from two former colonels, two lieutenants, two sergeants, four district wardens, a warden pilot, and one currently active duty corporal. Altogether, their cumulative experiences account for more than 300 years of warden experience. Before reality TV cameras, GPS devices, and dashboard computers, these wardens presided over a coming of age era for the Maine Warden Service. It was a time when a compass, map, and their wits were what mattered most in the field. Every day offered the potential for an exciting new adventure, many of which endangered the wardens themselves. This book recreates the full warden experience. In addition to hair-raising, life-and-death scenarios, the collection covers moments such as a child innocently outing his parents as “looking for deer” at night, the doldrums of a stakeout, and the grief of tragedy. The stories have been written in a third person, narrative format to ensure consistency in style and to help readers feel the excitement of a twig snapped in the dark, the frustration of second guessing yourself when lives are at stake, and the duty to do what’s right, even if it means breaking the law.
Download or read book Smart and Savvy Hiking written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway written by Randy Johnson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles and miles of trails in North Carolina and Virginia offer excellent hiking and interpretive opportunities along the most-visited national park in the country. This guide will help hikers of all abilities get off the road and into the woods.
Download or read book Lonely Planet Grand Canyon National Park written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet’s Grand Canyon National Park is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Go rafting on the Colorado River, explore the Grand Canyon by bike or view it from above on a helicopter ride – all with your trusted travel companion.
Download or read book Hiking from Portland to the Coast written by James D. Thayer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook for hikers, bikers, and equestrians, Hiking from Portland to the Coast explores the many trails and logging roads that crisscross the northern portion of Oregon's Coast Range. Designed to showcase convenient "looped" routes, it also describes complete throughways connecting Portland to the coastal communities of Seaside and Tillamook. Each of the 30 trails described includes a backstory to help users appreciate the history and significance of the places through which they are traveling.
Download or read book How to Hike the Appalachian Trail a Comprehensive Guide to Plan and Prepare for a Successful Thru Hike written by Chris Cage and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know to complete your thru-hike. The AT is a life changing experience and an amazing accomplishment. Half of the battle is proper preparation. This book is everything I wish I would have known before setting off on my thru-hike. Complete with personal tips and experiences. Learn how to budget wisely, save money and not waste cash. Know how to allocate 6 months of your time and plan your exit. Master your gear with a massive guide on everything from your spork to your tent. Understand clothing, layering and materials. Hear about what life is really like on the trail. Know which direction to go, when and why. Familiarize yourself with a state by state breakdown of the trail. Learn how to mentally prepare an optimistic framework for the "I-wanna-quit-days". Understand the physical demands and methods to prevent injury. Prepare yourself for the nutritional needs with food ideas and favorite meal plans. Know the REAL dangers on the AT. "Female Needs" section from AT record-holder Heather 'Anish' Anderson. And a whole lot more...
Download or read book The Trail Provides a Boy s Memoir of Thru Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail written by David Smart and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If your life led to a dead-end, in which direction would you walk?Disillusioned by the run-in-place corporate lifestyle, David finds himself desperate to move the world under his feet.Bradley, his older, more adventurous, and slightly reckless college fraternity brother, makes an enticing proposal: thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile Mexico-to-Canada footpath-barefoot.Soon after, the two inexperienced hopefuls abandon society to soul-search in nature's indifferent embrace. They face the trail's strains of a freedom previously unknown with rising tensions and the risk of falling behind to the nearing winter as their guides.The Trail Provides is an inspiring thru-hiking memoir. A winding journey of companionship, lessons learned, dreams and reality, and leaving everything behind for transformation, insight, and self-discovery.Let's start the journey.
Download or read book Hiking and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway written by Leonard M. Adkins and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guidebook provides a detailed description of every official trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But that's just the beginning: veteran hiker Leonard M. Adkins includes information on every trail that touches the Parkway, including the Appalachian Trail, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, and other public pathways on national park, state park, national forest, municipal, and private lands. You'll find GPS coordinates for official Parkway trailheads, along with fifty maps and many photographs of what you'll see along the way. Adkins notes each trail's length, difficulty, points of interest, handicap accessibility, and natural features. Far more than a guide to the trails, this book also tells you what to expect at overlooks, as well as where to dine, sleep, and find a restroom, and suggests worthwhile side trips. Elevation change charts for bicyclists, minimum tunnel heights for RVs, camping recommendations, roadside bloom calendars, sightseeing information for nearby towns, and other advice make this the perfect companion for your next Parkway adventure.
Download or read book In Beauty May She Walk written by Leslie Mass and published by Rock Spring Press Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2000, inspired by her father, Leslie Mass decided she would turn a lifelong fantasy into reality. At the age of 59 she began to train for a grueling journey ? a thru-hike of the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail. In Beauty May She Walk chronicles Leslie?s struggles and triumphs during her hike. On the trail, Leslie struggles with how to balance the needs of her family and friends while making the trail a priority; how to shed years of social conditioning that dictate how a woman should act; and how to know when to ask for help, while understanding that sometimes, help has to come from within. For the first few weeks, Leslie learns how to pitch a tent in the rain, keep animals out of her food, and lighten the load on her back. As the terrain toughens, she struggles to physically keep up with the trail community she depends on socially to keep going, and realizes the difficulty of maintaining her obligations to family and friends while focusing her efforts on putting one foot in front of the other, every day. And after September 11, 2001, she copes with being seemingly the only hiker on the trails for miles, eventually forcing her to change her definition of ?hiking her own hike.? A suburban college professor, Leslie is just like any other woman you might pass on the grocery aisle. Her story is an inspiring physical and mental journey to reach the goal of a lifetime.
