Provides novice and experienced hikers with information on terrain, climate, safety, clothing, and equipment, and includes firsthand accounts of hiking adventures

The Dayhiker's Handbook: An All-Terrain, All-Season Guide

Sports & Outdoors

Long, John

Hodgson, Michael

Hiking & Camping

McGraw=Hill

You can share your favorite outdoor recreations with your children, no matter what their age. Michael Hodgson and his 14-year-old daughter, Nikki, veterans of many such adventures, tell you how you can adapt your outdoor sports and trips to make them fun and safe for your kids, too. Learn how to: Pick the right equipment; Plan that camping trip; Survive the wilderness; Introduce your kids to outdoor sports. Includes a "shopping list" of ultimate adventures, from rafting to cattle drives.

The Outdoor Family Fun Guide: A Complete Camping, Hiking, Canoeing, Nature Watching, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Climbing, and General Fun Book for Kids (and Their Parents)

Hodgson, Nicole

Gear advice, terrain-specific tips, and real-world scenarios make this a unique hiking guide. This revised and expanded edition features Hodgson and Long's hiking stories from their worldwide treks, and climate- and terrain-specific advice.

The Complete Hiker, Revised and Expanded

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

She stepped into a death zone. The climbers on Alaska's Mt. McKinley called her "the woman." Ruth Anne Kocour, a world-class mountaineer, wasn't bothered. It was part of the challenge she faced as she joined an all-male team to conquer North America's highest peak...the mountain the Indians called Denali, or God. Faced the extreme. But nine days into this ascent, a forty-fifth birthday present to herself, the most violent weather on record slammed into the mountain. Ruth Anne and her group would be trapped on an ice shelf at 14,000 feet for the deadliest two weeks in Denali history. Pinned down by blinding snows, unable to help other teams dying around her, and her own feet freezing solid, Ruth Anne tells of a wind chill of minus 150 degrees, deadly hidden crevasses, and being trapped in a place so violent and unforgiving that it threatened to push her over the edge and into a place of no return. And yet, in prose as crystalline as the ice around her, she tells, too, of beauty, courage, and the spirit that drives true mountainers higher, as she risks all to go for the summit...and perhaps, for a transcendant moment, touch heaven. And lived to tell about it.

Facing The Extreme: One Woman's Tale of True Courage, Death-Defying Survival and Her Quest For The Summit

Kocour, Ruth Anne

Travel

St.Martin's Press

Facing The Extreme: One Woman's Story Of True Courage And Death-Defying Survival In The Eye Of Mt. McKinley's Worst Storm Ever

History

Americas

St. Martin's Paperbacks

With this guide you will learn the basic steps that will help you to easily and confidently navigate through the wilds with or without a compass, with or without a map, and then will all the tools together.

Compass and Map Navigator: The Complete Guide to Staying Found

Reference

Atlases & Maps

Globe Pequot Pr

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book.

Basic Essentials: Weather Forecasting, 3rd Edition

Science & Math

Environment

Falcon Pr Pub Co

BASIC ILLUSTRATED WEATHER FORECASTING
Michael Hodgson gives detailed lessons in recognizing shifts in weather patterns, understanding why they occur, identifying cloud formations, and mastering basic meteorological concepts.

Basic Illustrated Weather Forecasting (Basic Illustrated Series)

Levin, Lon

Falcon Guides

You love the great outdoors, but you’re not always sure the great outdoors loves you. You can pitch a tent, start a campfire, build furniture by lashing tree branches together – in theory anyway! But while you may not have gotten your Girl Scout Gold Award, or your Eagle Scout with cluster, you can still enjoy a night out under the stars with those near and dear to you, or even work towards becoming a more serious outdoorsman, right? 
Sure as a bear lives in the woods, Camping for Dummies shows you how to get out there and enjoy the best Mother Nature has to offer. With the helpful advice this common sense guide provides, you’ll be prepared when it comes to: <ul>
<li>Destination</li> <li>Gear</li> <li>Shelter</li> <li>Clothing</li> <li>Food</li> <li>Weather</li> <li>Safety</li> </ul>
Written by journalist Michael Hodgson, veteran of Utah’s Eco-Challenge and numerous other outdoor adventures, Camping for Dummies cuts out gear-head jargon and antiquated methods to give you, plain and simple, what you need to know to make the smart choices that lead to great adventures. You’ll find out: <ul>
<li>How to tie a bear bag</li> <li>The delicious caveman style for cooking fresh fish</li> <li>The limitations of GPS</li> <li>How to predict the weather by observing birds, frogs, and insects</li> <li>Ten survival essentials</li> <li>How to go canoe, kayak, or bicycle camping</li> <li>What features make a good backpack, boot, and other equipment</li> <li>When and how to bring along children</li> </ul>
Whether the dictionary definition of “tenderfoot” has your picture next to it or you already consider wilderness your home away from home, you’ll appreciate this handy, concise reference. Full of illustrations, diagrams, and directions for finding additional camping resources, Camping for Dummies is your complete ticket to America’s great outdoors.

Camping For Dummies

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

For Dummies

Suggests family nature outings, both day trips and longer camping trips, with advice on planning backpacking, canoeing, and biking trips

Wilderness With Children: A Parent's Guide to Fun Family Outings

Stackpole Books

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