Trails and Tribulations: Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder. This item is unavailable.Trails and Tribulations: Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder

In an age when "survival" shows permeate the media, noted northern traveller Hap Wilson shares accounts of his lifelong involvement with wilderness living within the Canadian Shield. Wilson knows better than most how to live in the woods. As park ranger, canoe guide, outfitter, trail builder, and environmental activist, he learned from firsthand experience that nature can neither be beaten or tamed.

Trails and Tribulations takes the reader on a journey with the author through natural settings ranging from austere to mysterious and breathtaking. Contents include animal attacks, bush fires, the threat of hypothermia, and vision-quest sites, to name but a few.

Hap Wilson, co-founder of the environmental group Earthroots, is the recipient of the Bill Mason Award for Lifetime Achievement in River Conservation. A wilderness guide, artist, and photographer, Wilson has published more than fourteen nature-related books. Wilson was Pearce Brosnan's skills trainer for the Richard Attenborough film Grey Owl. He lives in Muskoka and Temagami, Ontario.

Ingrid Zschogner is a self taught artist and outdoor enthusiast who has been creating detailed portraits in oil, graphite, and pastel for more than fifteen years. She is also a professional trailbuilder, wilderness guide, and environmental activist. To view Ingrid's portfolio, please visit her website at www.wildrosedesigns.ca.