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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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‘Past Tents’ Book Review

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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