Download or read book Wanderlust written by Gestalten and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it be through far-flung deserts, luxuriant forests or majestic alpine terrain, when we choose to walk rather than fly or drive, something wonderful happens: our awareness and appreciation of the natural world begins to grow. It can be the faint sound of a gently meandering stream, the distinct smell of decaying leaves on a crisp autumn morning, or even a bowl of cereal that never tasted better than when eaten on a mountaintop at sunrise. Whatever your hiking dreams and goals may be, this book will inspire you to plan and realize your your journeys.

Download or read book Trekking in Greenland The Arctic Circle Trail written by Paddy Dillon and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At just over 100 miles long, and taking 7 to 10 days to complete, the Arctic Circle Trail crosses the largest ice-free patch of West Greenland. This splendid trekking route, lying 25-30 miles north of the Arctic Circle runs from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut (both of which have airport access). The trail traverses remote, empty, silent and stunningly scenic arctic tundra, and is mostly gently graded with just a few short, steep and rocky slopes. However, the landscape between the two towns of Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut is extremely remote and those who choose to take on this route must be competely self-sufficient. The book includes plenty of practical information on what to take with you and when to go, as well as on safety, travel and accommodation. Fully illustrated with a variety of photographs and its route is highlighted on continuous trekking maps. The guide also includes an optional extension to the Greenlandic ice cap.

Download or read book Walking for Health and Fitness written by Frank S Ring and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine my surprise when walking solved my major health problem! -Watch my video below for the complete story- Are you like me? Or, should I say like I was in the recent past. Injured again from running, not exercising due to the injury, my body not recovering as quickly as it did when I was younger, and feeling a little depressed. I needed help to get in shape during the rehab from my back injury. I found walking is the easiest way to get in shape and stay in shape. Why should you be enthusiastic about Walking for Health and Fitness? Walking is free. Walking is easy to do. Walking is easy on your muscles, joints, and bones! Walking for Health and Fitness gives you specific steps to take to get moving today and keep you moving well into the future. Its 170-pages were designed to be read quickly, highlight the benefits of walking, and most importantly... get you out the door walking! Each of its 22 chapters ends with "Your Next Step"; a very simple plan-of-action to follow as you begin your walking exercise. Discover the benefits of listening to audiobooks with the FREE DOWNLOAD of the Walking for Health and Fitness Audiobook. An investment in yourself! Doctor's visits, lost time at work, and the lessened quality of life due to preventable illness all add up to a significant sum of time and money. This book is an investment in yourself! What could be better than that? Your health, happiness, and life depend on it! There's no question walking is good for you. Think about the tortoise and the hare. When you take a long-term view of the benefits of walking for health and fitness, you'll see it makes sense to slow yourself down and to continue to walk for fitness to stay healthy well into old age. Also, let me show you how to get in shape after 50. The book is organized into 4 sections: Getting Started Basic Training Beyond the Basics Mindset Don't become a statistic! Health care costs steadily increase with body mass Obesity is one of the biggest drivers of preventable chronic diseases Heart disease and stroke cost America nearly $1 billion a day Low back pain has a major economic impact with total costs related to this condition exceeding $100 billion per year. Your Next Step: You must decide right now not to become a statistic. You have it within yourself to take control of your health! After a back injury forced me out of work for four months, I began walking for exercise as a way to get in shape. Being out in the fresh air, feeling the rhythmic movement of the walking stride, and using walking meditations to get deeper into my thoughts with a walking meditation. As a walker I've: Slowed down and improved my mindset Done Walking meditation Listen and absorbed audiobooks Take pictures Recorded my thoughts into my iPhone Looked forward to my walks Also, I supercharge my walk with bodyweight exercises and I've used walking to lose weight! In contrast, when I was a runner and worked out at the gym I'd have to get myself psyched up just to get out the door and I usually used the little annoyances in life as an excuse to not work out. Walking has worked wonders in my life so let me show you how to get in shape and use walking for exercise to improve your health and fitness. Discover how to get in shape the easy way. Watch my video below and read the Look inside preview! Walk on, Frank S. Ring

Download or read book El Camino de Costa Rica Hiking Guide written by Evan Brashier and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Walkabout Northern California written by Tom Courtney and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plan and Enjoy Self-Guided Inn-to-Inn Hikes Leave the car behind, and go on a multiday hiking adventure in Northern California. Cross the Sierra in the footsteps of pioneers, staying in cabins beside clear mountain lakes. Take a romantic stroll along the beautiful Mendocino Coast, and sample gourmet cuisine at inns overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Explore the hydrothermal landscapes in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where you can relax with a muscle-soothing soak in hot springs. Walkabout Northern California gives you the information you need to create a wilderness vacation that lets you end each day with a comfortable bed, a great meal, and perhaps even a hot tub. This fully updated, full-color edition describes 14 walks (or walkabouts) in the wilds of Northern California: along the Pacific Coast, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the Cascades, and around the parklands of the San Francisco Bay. Each entry includes all the necessary details to create a memorable and invigorating vacation—with a map, mile-by-mile details of the route, logistical tips on places to stay and eat, and inspirational ideas to simplify your travel and reconnect with nature’s rhythm. Some hikes can take a week, but many can be enjoyed in a weekend. Some are challenging, but many are perfect for the casual hiker. With a light day pack and a few reservations, you can travel for days along California’s breathtaking coastline or over its vast mountain ranges. Follow author Tom Courtney on a northern California walkabout, so you can create a human-powered vacation in wilderness and in comfort.

Download or read book The Way of St Francis written by The Reverend Sandy Brown and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook describes the Way of St Francis a 550km month-long pilgrimage trail from Florence through Assisi to Rome. Split into 28 day stages, the walk begins in Florence and finishes in the Vatican City. Stages range from 8km to 30km with plenty to see, including ancient ruins, picturesque towns, national treasures, and stunning churches. This comprehensive guidebook fits in a jacket pocket or rucksack, and contains information on everything from accommodation and transport in Italy, to securing your credential (pilgrim identity card), budgeting, what to take, and where to do laundry. Stories of Francis of Assisi's life are also included. Although the route includes climbs and descents of up to 1200m, no special equipment is required - although your hiking boots and socks definitely need to get along. Following the steps of heroes, conquerors and saints on this pilgrim trail is manageable all year round, but is best done from April to June and mid-August to October. Route maps are given for every stage, and basic Italian phrases are included in the guidebook.

Download or read book Upstate New York Off the Beaten Path written by Susan Finch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them.

Download or read book Backpack Explorer On the Nature Trail written by Editors of Storey Publishing and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jump-start curiosity with this take-along field guide for children ages 4 and up. From worms, birds, and spiders to trees, flowers, and clouds, young explorers learn what to look and listen for wherever they are — whether in a nature preserve, an urban park, or a suburban backyard. Seek-and-find lists, on-the-trail art projects, and discovery games get kids engaged in hands-on learning about nature, and a real pull-out magnifying glass helps them get a close-up glimpse of leaf veins, seed pods, and tiny insects. Filled with activities, checklists, and stickers, this interactive nature guide belongs in every kid’s backpack.

Download or read book Explorer s Guide Sarasota Sanibel Island Naples A Great Destination Fifth Edition Explorer s Great Destinations written by Chelle Koster-Walton and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated guide you’ll find the definitive word on this Gulf Coast area, its recreation, restaurants, hotels, and more, from deluxe to offbeat. Enjoy an insider’s vantage point on Charlotte Harbor’s wild shores, the coast’s sandy barrier islands, Naples’s polished allure, and Sarasota-Bradenton’s “sweet” history.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Walking for Health written by Erika Peters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide walks readers through an easy, safe, and inexpensive way to fitness, discussing the importance of stretching, what clothing to wear, and where to walk safely, and offers walking programs that readers can co-ordinate their lives around, or fit into their busy schedule.

Download or read book Sports Exercise and Fitness written by Mary Beth Allen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.

Download or read book I Got the Rhythm written by Connie Schofield-Morrison and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. The little girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her- from butterflies, to street performers, to ice cream sellers everything is musical! She sniffs, snaps, and shakes her way into the heart of the beat, finally busting out in an impromptu dance, which all the kids join in on! Award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison and Connie Schofield-Morrison, capture the beat of the street, to create a rollicking read that will get any kid in the mood to boogie.

Download or read book Green Cities written by David Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents visions ecological urban models. "carves a scholarly depth into the radical changes needed to diffuse our urban crisis."--"Montreal Mirror" "the ideas it contains are so sane and sensible you'll end up wondering why civic politicians and officials have been dragging their heels on green issues"--"Books in Canada"

Download or read book Explorer s Guide Philadelphia Amish Country First Explorer s 50 Hikes written by Laura Randall and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to the Athens of America Laura Randall brings readers the best of Philadelphia and the outlying Amish Country, one of America’s most historically and culturally rich regions. Travelers seeking fine dining, authentic cuisine, sightseeing, or a world-class arts scene will find this guide indispensable in making the best of their stay in the City of Brotherly Love. Recommendations for shopping, eating, lodging, and touring will excite visitors of all tastes. From natural areas and historic neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia to the Amish markets of Lancaster County, from historic battlefields at Valley Forge and Gettysburg to the antiques shops of Bucks County, and the leisure resorts and quiet nature trails of the Pocono Mountains, this guide (previously published as Explorer’s Guide Eastern Pennsylvania: Includes Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Amish Country & the Poconos) offers great guidance for a unique, fascinating destination.

Download or read book I Quit Sugar Simplicious Flow written by Sarah Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Wilson encourages us to be the change we want. She liberated us from the health costs of processed food by helping us to quit sugar. She inspired us to reframe anxiety as an opportunity for personal transformation rather than as a frailty. Now she emboldens us to adopt 'zero-waste' cooking as the path to good health, creativity and an altogether more elegant life.Inside this book you will find the most instructive, practical and useful kitchen advice that you are ever likely to encounter. Sarah reacquaints us with Flow, an intricately crafted kitchen process that shows us how to cook gut-healing, nutritionally dense, delicious food in less time, for less money and with virtually no waste.I Quit Sugar: Simplicious Flow is more than its 348 recipes, stunning food photography and intensely useful instruction. It is a manifesto for change, a challenge to us all to take charge of our kitchen, our expenditure, our time, our own health and the health of the planet.

Download or read book Walk Your Way to Health A Comprehensive Guide written by Marcus B. Cole and published by xspurts.com. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The path to wellness starts with a single step." Discover the transformative power of walking with "Walk Your Way to Health: A Comprehensive Guide." This essential guide will take you on a journey through the many benefits and techniques of walking, offering practical advice and motivation to help you make walking a part of your daily routine. Whether you're looking to lose weight, improve your mental health, or simply lead a more active lifestyle, walking is the perfect low-impact exercise to help you reach your goals. Inside this book, you'll find invaluable information on: The incredible health benefits of walking, from boosting your immune system to reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Techniques for walking with proper form, posture, and gait, ensuring you make the most out of every step. Tips for staying motivated and making walking a regular part of your routine, whether you're a beginner or an experienced walker. How to choose the right footwear, clothing, and gear to maximize comfort and safety on your walks. A variety of walking workouts and challenges to help you achieve specific fitness goals and keep things fresh and exciting. Strategies for integrating walking into your daily life, including walking to work, walking during breaks, and walking as a form of meditation. The benefits of walking in nature and exploring scenic trails, with recommendations for the best walking destinations. Walking for specific populations, such as seniors, pregnant women, and individuals with disabilities, ensuring that everyone can experience the joy and benefits of walking. Don't let another day go by without experiencing the life-changing effects of walking. Start your journey towards better health and well-being today with "Walk Your Way to Health: A Comprehensive Guide." Unlock the secrets to a healthier, happier life with every step you take. Contents: The Health Benefits of Walking Physical Health Advantages Mental Health Benefits Social and Emotional Perks Walking for Weight Loss Calories Burned While Walking Combining Walking with a Healthy Diet Setting Realistic Weight Loss Goals Walking Techniques for Maximum Benefits Proper Walking Posture The Art of Breathing Arm and Leg Motion Choosing the Right Footwear The Importance of Proper Walking Shoes Shoe Shopping Tips Shoe Care and Replacement Walking for Different Fitness Levels Beginner Walkers Intermediate Walkers Advanced Walkers Incorporating Walking into Your Daily Routine Making Time for Walking Walking During Work Breaks Exploring Your Neighborhood Walking for Different Ages Walking for Children Walking for Adults Walking for Seniors Walking in Different Environments Urban Walking Nature Trails and Parks Indoor Walking Options Safety Tips for Walking Proper Hydration Weather Considerations Walking at Night Group Walking and Social Connections Walking Clubs Walking with Friends Charity Walks and Events The Power of Mindful Walking Connecting with Your Surroundings Stress Relief through Walking Walking Meditation Setting Walking Goals Short-term Goals Long-term Goals Tracking Your Progress Overcoming Walking Plateaus Intensity and Duration Interval Training Cross-Training Options Walking and Technology Fitness Trackers and Apps Smartphone Features Online Walking Communities Listening to Your Body Recognizing Signs of Fatigue Addressing Aches and Pains Preventing Injuries Walking for Rehabilitation Post-Injury Walking Walking for Chronic Conditions Consulting with Healthcare Professionals Walking to Improve Sleep The Sleep-Walking Connection Walking for Insomnia Walking for Sleep Apnea Nutrition for Walkers Pre-Walk Meals and Snacks Post-Walk Recovery Nutrition Hydration Tips Walking for Travel and Exploration Sightseeing on Foot Walking Tours Hiking and Backpacking Staying Motivated Celebrating Success Overcoming Obstacles Maintaining a Long-term Walking Habit Walking with Your Pet Benefits for You and Your Pet Canine Walking Etiquette Pet Safety Tips for Walking Walking for Stress Relief The Mind-Body Connection Strategies for Walking Away Stress Combining Walking with Mindfulness Practices Walking with Poles and Other Equipment Nordic Walking Using Pedometers and Heart Rate Monitors Interval Training Tools Walking for Cardiovascular Health Heart Health Benefits Walking for Blood Pressure Control Improving Cholesterol Levels Walking in Different Weather Conditions Walking in the Rain Walking in the Heat Walking in Cold Weather Walking in Special Life Stages Walking During Pregnancy Postpartum Walking Walking for Menopause and Beyond Training for Walking Events 5K and 10K Walks Half-Marathons and Marathons Ultra-distance Walking Events Adventure and Long-Distance Walking Walking Pilgrimages Multi-day Walking Tours Preparing for Long-Distance Walks Walking for Mental Health Walking to Combat Anxiety Walking for Depression Relief Walking to Improve Focus and Concentration Walking and the Environment Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Enjoying Natural Scenery Promoting Sustainable Transportation

Download or read book Guidebook for Creating Wetland Interpretation Sites Including Wetlands and Ecotourism written by Jon A. Kusler and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: