A&M's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book

by Alpen

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• ASIN: B000YU8QJI
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Fair!!, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book (Allen & Mike's Series) (Paperback)

I've been a back-country skier for almost 20 years now. My first reaction to this book was that it's NOT FAIR that rookie snow campers can now easily know all of the tricks that I had to learn the hard way. All those cold nights, hands, and ***** wasted!! Where was this book when I was learning? It makes it too easy! My second reaction was to some of the neat tricks I hadn't learned ....until now. Highly recommended - grudgingly!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool book on cool weather camping, February 19, 2003

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Gary C. Dodge "artful-dodger" (Highlands Ranch, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book (Allen & Mike's Series) (Paperback)

Well, I just panned a different book and said don't waste your money so now its time to even the score.

This book is great fun. I have lots of winter camping books and do a fair amount of winter camping. Other books may have more information, but none covers all of the basics with as much humor as this one. I do alpine skiing and snowshoeing so the coverage of tele skiing wasn't of particular interest...but I still really enjoyed reading those sections, too.

It is hard to describe the authors' irreverent approach while dealing with serious (life and death) topics, but they somehow pull it off. This is really a great book to engage someone who isn't already a hard-core winter camper...so if you are, buy it for your significant other (assuming you haven't been able to get them enthused about spending a winter weekend outdoors.) If they don't enjoy this book, you may officially give up on them.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great back country tips for novices or old-timers., February 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book (Allen & Mike's Series) (Paperback)

This book is a good summary of all those things that you learn from either years of experience, or the hard way. Many of the tips in the book are things that really can make an alpine climb, or back country trek an enjoyable one. The illustrations are humorous but very accurate. It doesn't matter how much experience you may have or what you strap to your feet, there is a tip or trick in this book for you.

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