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Basic Essentials Solo Hiking (Basic Essentials Series) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Adrienne Hall (Author)
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Contains tips and tricks for lightweight travel, avoiding hazards, and selecting routes. A fine little book of value to hikers everywhere.


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What you need to know for the safest and most enjoyable solo hiking experience, from the long-standing outdoor series.


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (October 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0762709561
  • ISBN-13: 978-0762709564
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,147,295 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner's book, February 22, 2003
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This is an excellent introduction to solo hiking and backpacking. It's well-written, but doesn't lose the reader in minute, mind-boggling detail that is really relevant only to experienced hikers undertaking longer treks into real wilderness. She hits the target of helping the recreational, weekend hiker learn to travel alone. Her discussion of gear is particularly good. She covers the principles of gear (tarp vs. tent vs. bivy sack, or white gas vs. canister stove, for example) very well. She explains how to choose gear that fits your camping style, but she doesn't get bogged down in the endless variety of brands and models (which change about every other month.) She does a good job of covering skills that the solo hiker needs, but she does assume the reader has some basic knowledge of weekend-style backpacking and camping. That knowledge can be found in the excellent companion volume, Basic Essentials: Backpacking (which Adrienne Hall co-authored with Harry Roberts.) If you intend to backpack mostly on well-established trails in national parks and national forests, taking mostly weekend trips (and maybe a week-long trip every couple years), you may never need any other books to help you enjoy the sport.
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