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Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, Uncategorized, hiking on Dec 6th, 2008
This morning I received a copy of The Boomer’s Guide to Lightweight Backpacking: New Gear for Old People by Carol Corbridge. It is a print of Amato Books. It had shown up in my post office box and as I stood in the long line of holiday shippers I had a chance to crack it [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, Hiking Gear, hiking on Nov 23rd, 2008
I am a huge fan of Waterford Press and their fold out laminated guides, the Pocket Naturalist™ series. You often see the guides being sold in national park visitor centers, outdoors shops and in book stores. They have a wide range of titles, from geological areas such as parks, to the night sky, how to [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Trail Cooking on Nov 19th, 2008
Dian Thomas was a perennial book writer in her time – and her books are still very relevant in modern times. Her first book came out in 1974, Roughing it Easy. It was revised in 1994, becoming Roughing It Easy : A Unique Ideabook for Camping and Cooking. In 2001 Dian brought out Roughing It [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, Hiking Gear, hiking on Nov 17th, 2008
Years ago my mother gave me a copy of Wildflowers of the Olympics and Cascades when I got back into hiking. At the time I was often hiking in the Olympic Mountains as I lived nearby. It is a gift that I have not quit using. My mother wrote me a note inside my book [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2008
One of the funniest and inspiring books I have read in a long time, Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now is the book for anyone who has dreamed of doing a tri or even doing a 10K race. I love to walk and hike. I love long miles. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Nov 8th, 2008
Past Tents: The Way We Camped by Susan Snyder, came out in 2006. I almost passed over this book due to the cover but then decided to go back and pick it up. Oh, am I glad I did! The book is a neat look into the past. It talks of the past of camping [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Nov 8th, 2008
The Ultimate Hiking Skills Handbook is a British book that came out in 2006 (Edited by Chris Bagshaw). While not the deepest book on the outdoors it covers wide range of topics from getting in shape, to getting out to first aid and beyond. The color photography and drawings are gorgeous, leaving it an easy [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Trail Cooking, hiking on Nov 6th, 2008
Is it the rugged plaid shirt? The work pants? The full leather boots? The sweet external frame pack? Trucker hat? The canteen? Heck it is all of it! Every time I see the cover on Harriet Barker’s Supermarket backpacker I get a smile on my face. It was 1977 and baby boomers were into the height [...]
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