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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Truly essential
This is a comprehensive and thorough guide to caring for, and to a lesser extent, buying, backpacking and paddling gear. There are also short sections on climbing and ski-touring gear. The authors have a distinct bias towards repairing rather than replacing gear, which leads them to give less info about what to buy than "Rock and Ice Gear" by Clyde Soles. The...
Published on April 1, 2001 by Arturo DiGenero
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but poor photo editing
The book has a lot of topics that would be helpful to those that do their own repair and want to protect their outdoor gear investment. However, the photo editor of the book seemed to leave in a lot of notations, instead of cleaning it up. There are dozens of photos that say "FPO: Please slip in provided film" it is very annoying.
Published on September 27, 2008 by C. Hartje
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Truly essential,
This review is from: The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual: Equipment Care, Repair, and Selection (Paperback)
This is a comprehensive and thorough guide to caring for, and to a lesser extent, buying, backpacking and paddling gear. There are also short sections on climbing and ski-touring gear. The authors have a distinct bias towards repairing rather than replacing gear, which leads them to give less info about what to buy than "Rock and Ice Gear" by Clyde Soles.The book is full of clear and useful drawings and photos. The lists of essential tool kits for different trips are invaluable. The pun-filled prose and the Getchells' earthy-crunchy, smarmy preaching quickly grow tiresome if you spend a good deal of time with the book, however.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but poor photo editing,
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This review is from: The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual: Equipment Care, Repair, and Selection (Paperback)
The book has a lot of topics that would be helpful to those that do their own repair and want to protect their outdoor gear investment. However, the photo editor of the book seemed to leave in a lot of notations, instead of cleaning it up. There are dozens of photos that say "FPO: Please slip in provided film" it is very annoying.
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The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual: Equipment Care, Repair, and Selection by Annie Getchell (Paperback - March 22, 2000)
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