Backpacker's Making Camp: The Complete All-season All-activity Guide - Softcover

Howe, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898865220 ISBN 13: 9780898865226

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 1997

Synopsis

* Basic camping information followed by activity-specific advice * The only multi-activity camping book available * Covers trip preparation, site and equipment selection, and breaking camp No matter how you plan to enjoy the backcountry -- by foot, water, bike, or skis -- there are some basic steps to creating a home away from home. This manual will help you avoid mishaps and effectively plan the camping component of your trip. Gleaned from the life-time experiences of four Backpacker field experts, this compendium of advice, checklists, suggestions, priorities, rules of thumb, and special considerations presents the best from the best. Whether you're planning a two-week backpack on the Pacific Crest Trail, a week-long canoe trip in Upper Michigan, your first winter weekend in the snow, or a fat-tire tour through fall aspens, you'll want to know the drill. Learn how to select sites, arrange your kitchen, build a port-a-potty, pitch a tent, build a fire, and leave no trace. All the details of starting, making, and breaking camp are not created equal, so read what the experts have to say before leaving home.

About this title

About the Author

JOHN HARLIN III has served as editor of the American Alpine Journal, is a contributing editor to Backpacker magazine, and is the author of the book Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father. Harlin lives with his family in Hood River, Oregon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898865220
• ISBN 13: 9780898865226
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224