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Everyday Wisdom: 1,001 Expert Tips for Hikers (Backpacker Magazine)

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Ms. Berger covers the essentials and also provides little tips and suggestions that are usualy aquired knowledge from extensive experience in outdoor living. The book is a very practical addition to any novice's library. One facet I appreciate is her approach to preventing challenges on the trail through pre-planning and common sense. This is the kind of book I would, and intend to use as a classroom book for the scouts and new adult leaders in our Boy Scout troop in the future. Rather than drawing from the myriad ofsources available, this concise book offer me all I need in basic instruction material. Coupled with 30 years of experience in introducing youth to wilderness living in an ecologically sound manner it makes my volunteer committment much easier to accomplish. Additionally, in a time when more women are outdoors with their sons, Ms. Berger adequately addresses the outdoor living skills and information women always search for and in many cases are not covered in other reference materials. Bravo, Ms. Berger!

THis is a great book for the beginners all the way to the experts. It gives 1001 helpful tips that are very useful when applied in the field. As a beginner, I found this extordinarly useful. Karen Berger gives tips from the best way to lace your boots to simple menu planning. There is also a section on repairing your gear. If you don't all ready own this book, I recommend that your invest your money and buy it.

Everyday Wisdom has a few good tips, not 1001. I would recommend The Backpackers Handbook by Chris Townsend, over both this book and the Hiking Light Handbook. Save your money and by the one book by Townsend instead of these two.

It's interesting to read this font of backpacking knowledge, published in 1997, which represents the state of the art before Ray Jardine and *Pacific Crest Trail Hikers Handbook.* The thinking was certainly different at that time. She lists a recommended list of things to take on a solo backpacking trip that ends up weighing 45 pounds. The information in this book is very good - but it is curious to see how the thinking has changed over a relatively short periods of time.

My son-in-law is an avid hiker and backpacker. He and my daughter have had many adventures in the Cascades. I buy this for him each year as a birthday present. He really has enjoyed it. it's great because I can order it online. and it is sent to him in WA.

Everyday Wisdom: 1,001 Expert Tips for Hikers was a quick and easy read. There was a lot of good information for someone completely new to the subject (that's me). I think that the information in the book can and should be put to good use if you intend to go out for short to medium length hikes; I would expect nothing more than a week or so. Anything longer than that and I would expect you should probably check in to a more thorough source.