The Advanced Backpacker: A Handbook of Year Round, Long-Distance Hiking - Brossura

Townsend, Chris

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ISBN 10: 0071357564 ISBN 13: 9780071357562

Casa editrice: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2000

Riassunto

With thousands of all-weather miles to his credit, from North America, Europe, and Asia, Chris Townsend is the ultimate guide for backpackers of all levels. The Advanced Backpacker is an invaluable fusion of expert information and unlimited inspiration, featuring detailed discussions of everything from finding routes and choosing locations to planning, financing, equipping, and supplying oneself for the long haul.Offering readers unprecedented insight into the extensive preparations required to develop the body and psyche of a long-distance hiker, Townsend addresses the specifics of hiking in all climates, from deserts and mountains to the arctic tundra and the tropics. The Advanced Backpacker offers top-level navigation techniques as well as specific safety and health precautions for extreme heat and cold.

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Descrizione del libro:

Chris Townsend is one of the world's best-known and most successful long-distance, rough-terrain hikers, with thousands of miles covered in North America, Europe, and Asia. He is also author of Backpacker's Handbook, Second Edition. The Advanced Backpacker is a comprehensive handbook for the serious backpacker that will provide both inspiration and information, with detailed dicussions on everything from researching and choosing a location to planning, equipping, and supplying oneself en route. Townsend will cover how to prepare both physically and mentally for the challenge as well as considerations for hiking in deserts, mountains, arctic tundra, and other isolated wilderness areas - as well wel hiking, camping and surviving in extreme heat, cold, and wetness. He will discuss cultural considerations for third-world travel, emergency first aid, advanced navigation techniques, solo hiking, safety and health considerations, and how to select the best equipment for the trek you plan. Townsend, whose hikers include a 1,600-mile trek the length of the Canadian Rockies, a 3,000-mile hike from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide Trail, 1,000 miles across the Yukon, the lengths of the Grand Canyon and Pacific Crest Trail, as well as shorter (relatively) adventures in Europe and Asia, will also discuss strategies for reentering society after lengthy trips. The Advanced Backpacker also offers thumbnail descriptions of major world hikes, and a detailed resources section. The book will feature a detailed how-to art program along with evocative photographs the author, an acoomplished photographer, has collected on his adventures.

L'autore:

Chris Townsend is an internationally recognized hiking expert who has trekked the world over. His books include The Backpacker's Handbook, which won the prestigious Outdoor Writers' Guild Award for Excellence in the United Kingdom. His solo treks include a 1,600-mile hike over the entire Candian Rockies, a 1,000-mile walk across the Yukon, and a monumental 3,000-mile hike from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide Trail. He lives in Scotland.

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• Editore: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0071357564
• ISBN 13: 9780071357562
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 262