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Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, hiking on Nov 4th, 2011
A great way to find hiking books (and many other books!) on the cheap is to find out if your local library has book sales. Many libraries have a “Friends of the Library” program that goes to pay for special activities/programs. Where we live our library is in the massive King County Library System (busiest [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Sep 30th, 2011
Let me start this review by saying that letting a 14 year old teenage boy even seeing a book on “end of the world planning” is dumb. They will never, ever leave you alone till you let them read said book. And will then wander away with the book for the next 2 months, taking [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Trail Cooking on Jul 14th, 2011
What does a vegan cookbook have to do with trail cooking? Well maybe something…..and it can be delicious! Vegan Unplugged: A Pantry Cuisine Cookbook and Survival Guide is an easy to use cookbook that while aimed at those on the go, emergency planning and car camping can be also adapted to backpacking. The recipes rely [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear on Jun 29th, 2011
A few weeks ago I had the chance to finally meet author Craig Romano in person – I was lucky enough to attend one of his presentations and as it turned out it was his first one for his latest book: Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multi-Day Routes To put it lightly it has been far [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 5th, 2011
Recently released is the new book, The Camping Cookbook: 95 Inspirational Recipes from Hearty Brunches to Campfire Suppers. While not aimed at backpackers it is an interesting read for those who love indulgent car camping/boating or plain living it up in the backyard. The book is lushly photographed, not in the typical camping cookbook, but [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 14th, 2011
I hit the bonanza this week at our local libraries library guild book sale. Not only did I score guidebooks I didn’t have I also found a vintage copy of an outdoor cookbook – and I paid a meager 50ยข a book for nearly all of them. I get good books and the library guild [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 6th, 2011
Obviously I loooveee going through moldering old bookstores and finding “vintage” copies of guidebooks. And a cover can win me over instantly. For example? This book just had to come home with me: How could I pass up a book with such a fine cover? A manly man in short shorts, white sunglasses and the [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 6th, 2011
A recent pick I found at our local Costco is a great guidebook for hikers in Washington State. The Creaky Knees Guide Washington: The 100 Best Easy Hikes in the State came out in 2009. The author, Seabury Blair, Jr is well known for his local dayhiking books and the Creaky Knees is just as [...]
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