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Backpacker and Hiker's Handbook

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Learn how to plan and prepare for a backpacking trip from expert William Kemsley Jr., founder of Backpacker magazine.

  • Author: William Kemsley Jr.
  • Softcover; 304 pages; color photographs; black-and-white illustrations
  • Stackpole Books; copyright 2008
  • Learn must-know trail skills: finding your way, purifying water, cooking on the trail, where and when to set up camp
  • Covers solo backpacking, all-female groups, hiking with children, seniors and pets, and ideas for going light and enhancing your trail photography
  • Read about how to handle dangerous situations&#8212encounters with bears, inclement weather and medical emergencies

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Nov

23

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

 
5.0

Exceptionally insightful & comprehensive

By JIGutierrez

from Norman, OK

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

  • Compact
  • Durable
  • Easy to read
  • Informative
  • Practical
  • Well-researched

Cons

  • none

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Camping
  • Hiking

Comments about Backpacker and Hiker's Handbook:

Mr. Kemsley's handbook is an intelligent "must read" for hikers and backpackers - both novice and experienced. With over seventy cited published references and numerous quotes from outdoor professionals whom the author has met throughout his own decades of research and experience, the advice and wisdom found in this well-written book will serve one's outdoor excursions and experiences positively. The author's continued and extensive passion for the outdoors is evident in the many quoted poems throughout the text, and evidence of the sageness of his advice. Mr. Kemsley is both an old and bold mushroom hunter - a rare thing to be indeed. This is a safe and responsible guide into nature

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May

15

2008

(0 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

 
2.0

Old ! Out of date and out of touch.

By firedoug

from Lake Arrowhead, California

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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        Comments about Backpacker and Hiker's Handbook:

        I was looking to refresh my knowledge and skills after many years of not backpacking. I picked this book up in hopes of doing the job. I could have just dug out my late 1970s Boy Scout Handbook and got the same or better info.

        I am very disappointed, the author is very closed mind to any advances in the sport. He preaches his old school beliefs on gear, and backpacking.

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