Backpacking Guide: A Quick Start Guide to Backpacking Light

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Backpacking Guide: A Quick Start Guide to Backpacking Light for Beginners
Backpacking Guide: A Quick Start Guide to Backpacking Light for Beginners

Picture yourself going backpacking in the Great Smokey Mountains. Got it? What would that look like? Do you imagine yourself with a 100-pound pack on your back? Stooped over under the weight? Exhausted after less than a mile of hiking? That would be WRONG! Backpacking is intended to be fun. This book shows even beginners how to make that happen!

Backpacking Guide is written to teach beginners how to enter the hiking experience in a way that is safe and fun. You'll have all you need packed neatly into a small backpack that doesn't rob you of the job of the journey. It isn't automatic. You need someone who understands and who is capable of teaching and coaching you along the way. That's where Backpacking Guide author Paul Greene enters the picture. He gives simple step-by-step tips to turn beginners into veteran backpackers.

In Backpacking Guide, you will learn:
- The essential things needed to pack light for your backpacking adventure
- What to take along to deal with minor first aid or safety issues
- The two types of navigation and the navigational aids to take along
- How to select the clothing and boots for this expedition
- What to take along for starting and fire and providing needed light
- How to keep your skin clean and protect it against the elements
- How to have plenty of water (remember, you are backpacking light!)
- What lightweight and nutritious food to keep in your pack
- How to choose and load your backpack
- The benefits and best size of backpacking stick
Obviously, you are going to learn a lot. Don't be intimidated. The author makes everything very simple. He even gives some specific information for those hoping to backpack in the incredibly vast regions of Alaska, the beautiful Yosemite National Park in California, and the rich mountains and lakes of Montana. Clearly, this book is the voice of experience. By the time you finish reading, you will be well prepared for that first amazing exploit into the wilderness.

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Country USA
Author Paul Greene
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 67
PublicationDate 2014-06-27
ReleaseDate 2014-06-27

Country	USA
Author	Paul Greene
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	67
PublicationDate	2014-06-27
ReleaseDate	2014-06-27

Backpacking Guide: A Quick Start Guide to Backpacking Light for Beginners

Backpacking Guide: A Quick Start Guide to Backpacking Light for Beginners

In Backpacking Guide, you will learn:

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