BACKPACKER & HIKER’S HANDBOOK

* Must-know trail skills: finding your way, purifying water, cooking on the trail, where & how to set up camp
* Solo backpacking, all-female groups, & hiking with children, seniors, & pets
* Ideas for going light & enhancing your trail photography
* How to handle dangerous situations–encounters with bears, inclement weather, & medical emergencies

Backpacker & Hiker’s Handbook tells how to plan & prepare for a backpacking trip & discusses equipment, safety, & the essential trail skills of using a compass, purifying water, cooking, & where & how to set up camp.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
William Kemsley Jr. is the founder of Backpacker magazine & cofounder of the American Hiking Society, one of the most influential nonprofit organizations lobbying Congress today. He has authored numerous books on hiking & backpacking, including the best-selling Buyer’s Guide to Backpacking Equipment & Whole Hikers’ Handbook. Kemsley lives in northern New Mexico, where he enjoys hiking & backpacking many times a year in the southwestern mountains, deserts, & canyons.

ISBN: 0-8117-3462-5
Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK
Publish Date: 01-01-2008