Download or read book Best of BACKPACKER 2009 written by Backpacker Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The backcountry is full of great stories, and we’re proud to bring you this collection of some of our favorites. From China’s burgeoning hiking culture to a spooky Ozarks mystery, these stories exemplify the power of quality writing and the transformative experience of the outdoors. Table of Contents: Dogs of War Another dead Denali wolf. A battle for the soul of wild Alaska. Our reporter visits America’s most iconic wilderness for the inside story of a park under siege. By Tracy Ross The People’s Hiking Revolution As prosperity spreads across China, so does a passion for the outdoors. But can millions of new trekkers save Asia’s vast wilderness from the march of development? Welcome to the world’s next hiking frontier. By Craig Simon Closer Than You Think Sometimes a passport can stand in the way of a real adventure. Our man praises the local micro-expedition. By Mark Jenkins Reindeer Games Happy coincidence for wildlife-loving paddlers: Canoes and woodland caribou converge like nowhere else on Earth in Ontario’s Slate Islands. By Gustave Axelson Thunder on the Mountain Years after hurricane-force winds and rain ravaged hundreds of miles of trail in Mt. Rainier National Park, the true damage is finally becoming clear. And what it’s telling scientists is alarming: Bigger, more frequent—and more destructive—storms may be coming. By Michael Lanza Are You Smarter Than a Boy Scout? For generations, Scoutmasters have trained future outdoorsmen in wilderness skills. But times have changed. Do the troops still rule when it comes to core trail tests? A team of three average BACKPACKER readers face off with three Scouts to find out. By Jim Gorman There’s a Bomb in My Backpack The U.S.-Canada border is long, wild, and unprotected—a 5,525-mile entry point for would-be terrorists. Just how easy would it be to smuggle a pound of anthrax across? An anonymous hiker-patriot traveled north to find out—and returned with this exclusive report from a frontier wilderness mere hours from downtown Seattle. By Anonymous The Unlikeliest Mountaineer When you grow up on a dollar a day in poverty-wracked, HIV-devastated Swaziland, you don’t dream of climbing the Seven Summits. Fortunately, no one informed Sibu Vilane of that fact. The former goatherd has only one peak left to go: Denali. By Steve Howe Could This Dog Save Your Life? When hikers go missing in Yosemite, rangers call on a highly trained team—of dogs. Members of the park’s new K-9 rescue squad rappel from helicopters and search miles of dangerous backcountry terrain. Their pay? Kibbles and a scratch behind the ear. Meet Gus, Ranger, and the other four-footed heroes that just might save your life. By Kristin Bjornsen The Lost Boy of the Ozarks Eight decades after a boy disappeared in the Missouri woods, another mysteriously vanished. Now, thirty years later, a reporter breaks his silence about the connection between the two chilling cases—and what really happened in that forest. By Neville Franks

Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Download or read book Best of Backpacker 2014 written by BACKPACKER Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanished Like many hikers, Aubrey Sacco walked into the Himalayas with the joyful excitement of a pilgrim entering the Promised Land. But she encountered a dark side of Nepal all trekkers should know about. Now her family can’t rest until they know how she disappeared. By Tracy Ross Thru-Hiking: When More is Better For long-haul hikers, time has a way of putting things into perspective. By Casey Lyons X Marks the Spot A hidden box of treasure. A cryptic poem from a wealthy Santa Fe art dealer. Four states’ worth of Rocky Mountain wilderness. Our reporter joins the hunt. By Brian Mockenhaupt The Kids Are Alright The only thing you’ll regret about taking the brood backpacking is not doing it sooner—and more often. By Dennis Lewon Hike Forever After four decades of backpacking and climbing in Wyoming’s Wind River Range, 75-year-old Joe Kelsey is living proof that, while time may stop for no one, it might just slow down for hikers. By Mark Jenkins Depth of Field: Canyoneering Little rain and stable weather make fall the ideal time to play in Utah’s slot canyons. By Steve Howe My Partner Ate My Socks Is goatpacking the ultimate ultralight solution or a surefire way to ruin a good hike? By Casey Lyons Mush! You don’t need to tackle the Iditarod to enjoy dogsledding, a fast and fun winter adventure. By Molly Loomis The Quest The only way to truly appreciate America’s vast wilderness? Hike it all. By Mark Jenkins Bella Vita A trek on Italy’s Alta Via 2 might just be the most romantic hike in the world. If you’re lucky. By Brendan Leonard The Other Himalaya Someday, the Manaslu Loop will be just as famous as the Annapurna Circuit. Better hike it now. By Dougald Macdonald Walk of Ages Past meets present on a trek to Petra, Jordan’s 2,300-year-old desert metropolis. By Rachel Zurer Fresh Tracks It’s prime time to visit Patagonia’s brand new park—before anyone else even knows it’s there. By Tomas Dinges A Ghost Among Us One woman’s journey to the brink of what’s possible on the Pacific Crest Trail. By Megan Michelson

Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

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Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Download or read book BACKPACKER s Best Recipes Lunch Dinner written by Backpacker Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't hit the trail hungry! Go beyond granola bars with 110 easy and delicious lunch and dinner recipes from the BACKPACKER archives. Whether you're craving a perfectly cooked fish or a hearty backcountry stew, this book is sure to satisfy even the most discerning campfire gourmet.

Download or read book Ask a Bear written by Ted Alvarez and published by Backpacker Magazine. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You asked, and our bear expert answered! From bear diet to bear bags to bear attacks, our resident grizzly empties out his mailbag and addresses more than 50 topics with his characteristic wit and insight.

Download or read book BACKPACKER s Best Recipes Desserts written by BACKPACKER Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheesecakes NO-BAKE CHEESECAKE SANDWICHES NO BAKE OREO CHEESECAKE MIX & MATCH CHEESECAKE Fruit-Based BANANAS FLAMBE CHERRIES FLAMBE CAMPFIRE-BAKED APPLES CREAMY PEACH (OR BERRY) PIE PEACHES AND SUNSHINE DESSERT CHOCOLATE DIPPED GINGER AND MANGO CHERRY COBBLER COCONUT MANGO RICE PUDDING Cakes, Crepes, and Breads SPEEDY BANNOCK (MOUNTAIN BREAD) HUSH PUPPIES CINNAMON ROLLS NO-FRILLS CREPES BANANUTELLA CREPES CACHE PEAK CRUMBLE DONUTS HANGING-BY-YOUR-BOOTS UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND HONEY APPLE CAKES Chocolate & Peanut Butter EARTHWORM PUDDING BLACK CANYON CHOCOLATE CAKE FABULOUS FRY BROWNIES FUDGE-IN-A-BAG MEXICAN S’MORES 5 MAJOR S’MORES UPGRADES GREEN MOUNTAIN GRASSHOPPER DESSERT TRAIL TIRAMISU NO-BAKE COW CHIPS PEANUT BUTTER TWIGS PEANUT BUTTER BOWL CHEWY FUDGY NUTTY NO-BAKE COOKIES Other Sweet Treats IRISH POTATO CANDY JELLY DOUGHBOYS NIAGARA TRAIL BAR

Download or read book The Backpacker written by John Harris and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John’s trip to India starts badly when he finds himself looking at the sharp end of a knife in a train station cubicle. His life is saved by Rick, who persuades John to abandon his plans and travel to the Thai island of Koh Pha-Ngan where they pose as millionaire aristocrats. Pursued by Thai Mafia, they escape, facing danger at every turn.

Download or read book BACKPACKER s Best Recipes Breakfast written by Backpacker Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t hit the trail hungry! Start off your backcountry adventures off right with these easy, tasty recipes from the BACKPACKER cookbook, including: Trout Benedict Power Oatmeal French Toast Herb-Scrambled Eggs Sierra Scrambled Eggs Summer Sausage Breakfast Hash Salami Breakfast Frittata Sausage and Potato Breakfast Oatmeal You’ll Never Get Sick Of Sweet Rice Pudding Fruit and Nut Quinoa Peanut Butter and Jelly Pancakes No-Cook Oatmeal Pecan Pancakes w/ Fruit Compote Omelette in a Bag Peanut Butter Omelette Cinna-Raisin Ramen Ramen Haystacks Tortilla Sunrise Pepper and Pesto Omelette Cinnamon Rolls Rice and Egg Domburi Bacon and Cheese ‘Taters Vanilla-Walnut Crepes Blueberry-Hazulnut Rice Flour Pancakes Pancakes w/ Lemon-Maple Blueberry Sauce Down East Pancakes Jon’s Famous Trail Pancakes Choco-Banana French Toast Beer Pancakes Campfire Calas Fruited Skillet Scones Maple-Bacon Grits Southwest Scramble Crepes Trail Breaky Bacon & Eggs in a Bag

Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Download or read book Best of BACKPACKER 2008 written by Backpacker Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The backcountry is full of great stories, and we’re proud to bring you this collection of some of our favorites. From an award-winning tale of a daughter confronting her family’s dark past to a tongue-in-cheek romp through the one of the country’s oldest outdoor stores, these stories exemplify the power of quality writing and the transformative experience of the outdoors. Table of Contents: I’m Hiking With Stupid A Buddy Story By Steve Friedman Secret Agent Man Animals can’t talk, but Ed Newcomer can. As an elite U.S. Fish & Wildlife detective, he goes undercover to protect threatened raptors, bears, even butterflies—and bring poachers and smugglers to court. Inside the agency’s latest covert operation. By Bruce Barcott (Don’t) Pay at the Pump Gas prices are soaring. glaciers are melting—what’s a conscientious hiker to do? Take the bus, says our reporter, who did just that to escape downtown L.A. By Dan Koeppel Walking the Talk First, John Francis stopped riding in cars. Then he stopped talking. More than three decades, two continent-spanning hikes, and countless trail miles later, he’s still following his remarkable path of protest—only now he’s not alone. By Bill Donahue Live Earth The planet’s most dynamic landscape is full of bubbling hot springs, steaming geysers, and kaleidoscopic lava flows. Hike Iceland’s epic Laugevegur Trail, and join the action. By Michael Lanza The Source of All Things (winner of the National Magazine Award) What if your favorite place in the world was ground zero for your greatest strengths and your deepest fears? What if that place was deep in one of North America’s most remote and beautiful wilderness areas? The author and her father trek into Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains to grapple with a tragedy that has haunted them for decades. By Tracy Ross 24 Hours of L.L. Bean It’s the gear world’s ultimate endurance event: a full day and night roaming the aisles at Bean’s flagship store in Freeport, Maine. Will our man survive? By Dan Koeppel Rescue Me On a snowy night in New Hampshire, a Congressional candidate crashed his car, wandered into the woods, and collapsed. Twenty-seven hours later, rescuers carried him out. And then the real drama began. By David Howard The Hardest Miles Survivors of the Bataan death march overcame one of history’s most grueling walks. What kept them on their feet? And could you do the same? Every year, more than 4,000 people hike through the New Mexico desert to find out. By Evelyn Spence I Will Survive Flesh-eating bears. Dive-bombing eagles. Can a regular guy escape certain death armed with only the clothes on his back and the skills he’s learned on T.V.? By Steve Friedman The Onion vs. Mr. Magoo Competition boils over during a 5,600-mile footrace on the country’s hardest trail. By Andrew Tilin Shock and Awe You think climbing Rainier is tough? Try it blind. Or with one leg. Then see who you pity. By Michael Perry Destination Nowhere The most remote spot in the Lower 48 is inside Yellowstone National Park. It’s also the goal of our correspondent, who travels deep into the ancestral home of grizzlies, wolves, and elk to gauge the state of wilderness in our nation’s first preserve. What he encounters—and what it says about the solitude backpackers treasure—will surprise you. By Mark Jenkins

Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Download or read book Survival A to Z written by BACKPACKER Magazine and published by Backpacker Magazine. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is survival? Here’s an easy baseline: You’ll know it when you’re eating the weakest sled dog. BACKPACKER contributors have seen it all, from horrific wounds to animal attacks to life-or-death mishaps on the trail. The thin line between daring and death? We've walked it, and this A to Z guide, you'll learn all the tips, tricks, and skills you'll need to make it out alive.

Download or read book Going to Extremes written by BACKPACKER Magazine and published by Active Interest Media. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going To Extremes Can you ever really have too much of a good thing? Once you’ve seen the biggest tree, largest glacier, and deepest canyon, nothing else compares. The Ten Most Dangerous Trails Do you value your life and limbs? Then you’d better get skilled mentally and physcially before tempting the reaper on these hikes. Are You Tough Enough? Every backpacker dreams of a glory job in the outdoors. The author heads to Mt. Rainier—and a grueling tryout with premier guide operation RMI--to find out what it takes to make the grade. The Toughest Outdoor Jobs Every backpacker dreams of a glory job in the outdoors. Here’s what it takes to make the grade for 8 of the toughest ones out there. The Hardest Dayhikes in the United States Push yourself from dawn to dusk on these challenging hikes. America’s Worst Trail: A Love Story Is the reward always equal to the effort? Uh...maybe, says this bloodied, bruised, and bandaged reader. How to Survive Desert Extreme Triple-digit temps by noon. Freezing at night. Scarce water. The desert is dangerous for unprepared hikers. Give yourself an edge and learn to survive this hostile territory. The Hardest Miles Survivors of the Bataan death march overcame one of history’s most grueling walks. What kept them on their feet? and could you do the same? Every year, more than 4,000 people hike through the New Mexico desert to find out. The Unlikeliest Mountaineer Take a fatherless herd boy from poverty-wracked Swaziland, endow him with an indomitable will and a few wealthy friends, give him the lungs of Ed Viesturs, and you have Sibusiso Emmanuel Vilane. The Long Way Home When Karl Bushby set out to hike 36,000 miles across four continents, he vowed he would only return to his native England on foot. Which could be a real problem if he ever wants to get there