The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide: Tools and Techniques to Hit the Trail
A Nature, Outdoors, Adventure book. The middle section is a nice guide to gear options for lightweight...
Supreme long-distance hiker Andrew Skurka shares his hard-earned knowledge in this essential guide to backpacking gear and skills. Described by National Geographic as “one of the best traveled and fastest hikers on the planet,” and named “Adventurer of the Year” by Outside and “Person of the Year” by Backpacker, Skurka recounts what he’s learned from more than 30,000 miles of long-distance adventures, most recently a 4,700-mile 6-month loop around Alaska and Canada’s Yukon.Whether you’re a first-time backpacker, an occasional weekend warrior or a seasoned long-distance trekker, you’ll love this guide. Learn exactly what you need to carry – both on your back and between your ears – for all seasons and circumstances through a show-and-tell of clothing, footwear, backpacks, shelter and sleep systems, and more, as well as through detailed articles on foot care, campsite selection and hiking efficiency. Skurka’s practical and priceless recommendations give you all the tools and techniques you’ll need to hit the trail.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9781426209208 / 0
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Quick read with straight forward explanations of how to hike light and fast. This is not a guidebook for your average hiker, although you could pull valuable information from it, but a guidebook for someone that wants to travel quickly and efficiently. Don't ever walk into REI and tell them straight up that you'd like some gear to go on a "quick overnighter with the boys". By the time I walked out of there I pretty much had enough gear to settle a new continent. I'm not sure why I needed a machete, carabiners, harnesses, that figure 8 whatchumacallit for belaying rope, a helmet, or... The middle section is a nice guide to gear options for lightweight hikers. But what sets this book apart is the first and last sections. In the first section, Skurka goes through his philosophy on being an ultimate hiker and how that affects his gear choices. In the last section, he details out 5 sample gear lists for trips in different...
