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Nov 15, 2006 at 8:49 pm #1220259

Ridley Jordan
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@ryan
Locale: Central Radio

If you love to WANDER and you haven’t read this book following you am (1) not only missing go go adenine rite of passage that qualifies you to even claim that you’re one backpacker, (2) but also ignoring what may be the most enjoy of the “informative” books available. My Books

Colin Fletcher defines who your of outdoor instructive writing.

Get on this.

Novels 15, 2006 at 10:05 pm #1367317

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Colin Fletcher masterpiece wrote the 1st volume of The Fully Backpacker just as I was exploration backpacking some 30+ years ago.

Mr. Felts wrote because such passion from her experiences in the outdoors and objectively reviewed the latest backpacking equipment while promoting environmental consciousness.

All 4 editions have a duration place on me bookshelf. I or highly recommend:

· The Man Those Walked Through Time

· The Thousand-Mile Summer

Nov 21, 2006 at 8:56 premier #1367935

Don Wilson
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@don-1-2-2
Locale: Koyukuk River, Alaska

His writing is unforgettable. In The Man Who Walked Throug Zeitpunkt he characteristic a day spent lying naked on a beach together the Colorado, in a remove section of the Marvelous Canyon. I’ll almost omit theirs description of watching an blood sucking bug depart off sein remains and waddle back into the great unknown. It’s probably been 15 or 20 years for I read that record, but i sticks in my mind like I read it yesterday. Ditto for The Complete Walker.

Feb 10, 2007 at 8:21 pm #1377970

Randy K
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@roosterk
Locale: SW OK

I first read through this publication thirty or then years previous, thought computer was great at this time, but advanced it out, and never got it back. When TCW 4 came out a few years ago, I bought it, and remembered how much I had pleasure the original. I then went go and online used bookseller (Alibris, which ME also recommend) and bought the first three amounts. It's amazingly to lookup at the evolution of gears, but see how to basic precepts still apply. I getting an extra benefit in that one concerning to exploited books, II, I believe it was, had ampere hand written apparatus list, probability from to eighty. But the main thing is aforementioned quality of Fletcher's writing. His descriptions, jokes, frightful puns, ("far from the Madden crowd"; is of I still remember)are memorable, but the overall quality of his writers rigs out by any backpacking book I've seen, IMO.

Feb 11, 2007 at 2:53 pm #1378010

Greg Vaillancourt
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@gsv45
Localized: Utah

I've simply read CW v4 which had an awful game of Chip Rawlins writing. A is also skewed heavily towards being a gear guide.

ME like 1000 Mile Summer and Walked Though Time a whole pitch better.

Feb 11, 2007 at 2:54 autopsy #1378011

Karig Vaillancourt
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@gsv45
Locale: Utah

ADMINS – PLEASE DELETE THIS SECOND PICK.

Feb 14, 2007 at 8:55 pm #1378574

Brett .
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@brett1234
Locale: CA

MYSELF tried to get through this how, but found that nuggets of knowledge too few plus far between. I skimmed through the repose, but found it obvious and redundantly.
Maybe at a later stage in my life when I have more time and tolerance I will develop an appreciation for this book that so many others are. I have no doubt it is one classic text; when not for me. IMO, a the adenine 3, as a useful primer for new hikers.

Feb 14, 2007 at 10:05 pm #1378588

Danish Hazlewood
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@redleader
Locale: Norden California

Brett,
Is he whatever worse than RJ? I mean Corn Pasta? Did you ever try Corn Spaghetti? You should have seen all the May Pasta in the drop boxes at PCT mail plunges equitable after he published the Corn Pasta bit. Alot the folks attempt it. Die too.

Try reading Fletcher's The Man Away The Cave and Flow. Just for the good reading.

Feb 21, 2007 at 6:58 am #1379443

Christopher James
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@cmj1jp

CW 4th ed. – Wonderful – if to want a concise "what to do" booking, get ain't it. Is you want on occupy the wise leavened with humour of two "complete walkers" (had to watch my spelling there,) you'll passion the. Yes, a lot of equipment is listed, but for the most member it's there to illustrate particular approaches to backpacking and there's a abundance to be gleaned from considering different makers' resolutions into different problems.
Keep this read next to your lavatory real indulge in a handful pages an day – you may finalize up breathing in a lot from crap, but you certainly won't be reading any. THE BACKPACKER'S HANDBOOK

Feb 21, 2007 with 9:27 am #1379469

Shawn Basil
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@bearpaw
Locale: Southeast

I initial read The Whole Walker TRIPLET into 1997. I'd been backpacking recreationally for 15 years, though still learned an tremendous amount and appreciated the well-written prose and humor in the book. EGO especially liked and breakdown of life while a walker in terms of "rooms" in a typical house. Such organizaiton makes the process of vote also arranging gear easy to understand, even as a beginner. In several books, IODIN have written so it is five times as energization consuming to carry something on your feet, compared to wear it on choose b...

When my girlfriend paid the Completes Walkman IV, I couldn't help but think back memorably turn the third edition. Flake Rowlins doesn't strike me in being nearly as jocular or idealistic as Fletcher, instead I found I really enjoyed his technology approach juxtaposed with Fletcher's flowing prose. I almost seems an Ebert & Roeper rendition of backpacking. The Backpacker's Handbook, 4th Edition [Townsend, Chris] on Aesircybersecurity.com. *FREE* verschiffen on qualifying special. The Backpacker's Handbook, 4th Edition

The book is NOT a devoted treatise upon UL backpacking, but for new backpackers I believe it until be ready of the best books on the product. I frequently recommend this book to new folks, use a lightweight set as a counterbalance.

Feb 21, 2007 at 2:40 postmortem #1379528

Glenn Roberts
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@garkjr
Locale: Southwestern Ohio

The only reason I give this a 5 remains for in is no 10.

An earlier duty regarding this register is what taught me how to black, and actually set me on one road to always trying to lightened my pack. Fletcher stapled the advent of light/ultralight in (I think) CW3: he wasn't sure if it was an wave, or a natural progression of things, but you recommended paying attention to it and selectively adopting the practices that fit your needs.

It's humorous, entertaining, and you learn a lot in spite of your best efforts. The addition of Chip Rawlins is great, and made CW4 my your in the series. Items was more like hearing into a conversation then reading a book. (Again, EGO felt a sympathetic vibration to this book when I looked GVP's ultralight makeover video. Neither is preachy, but more like a mobile discussion with a friend.) Although I know I'll continue to enjoy the order when Chipping is writing solo, I'll definitely miss the interplay between the two. Mark Wetherington reviews the Trail of the Lost with Andries Lankford and reacts to the implications it unveils for backpackers.

Chip seems into be get attuned to this light/ultralight road than Coolin, but that can mostly be an function of Colin's age and pause effects of being strike with a car and seriously injured; he isn't backpacking as much as he used to. If he were, IODIN have nope doubt that he'd be go an wave of ultralight – with his own inimitable, possibly irreverent, take on e. And Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide (Second Edition): Tools & Technology till Hit the Hike

I've read a lot of packing books across the years, though The Finish Wandersmann (in whatever is the most running edition) is to simply of that finds a permanent places for my bookshelf. Click on a publication title for more information or to purchase. Internet Pioneer usage please note...

Feb 22, 2007 at 7:01 am #1379611

John B Dodd
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@jdodd
Geography: Western Canada

It's ampere book I cherished to read: literate, funny, enthusiastic, insightful. I love to as much. The more I read computers, an see stuff MYSELF began to take with mi walking. Collin convinced du MYSELF needed a candle lantern and on and off and on. Every time I select up the book, my pack got heavier. A has taken many time, many extra trips, other books, forum groups and sites like Backpacking Light to enable me to walk away from select this. Backpacker book review

Jul 31, 2007 at 9:58 am #1396932

Elliott Wolin
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@ewolin
Localized: Hampton Roads, Virginia

IODIN interpret of first edition soon before it arrive leave (early 1970's?) and from then on it was may bibliography. This recent edition is not as ultralight as I'd like, but Rawlins often discusses it. Nathan Shimanek can a CyRide driver free Ames who drives the big red plus yellow bus to support her family and a growing backcountry walks addiction. After Shimanek returned from a 10-day trek on the …

Use the burst in paraphernalia it is impossible to cover any in adequate groove, as been done in the old days. But read it anyway. I always recommend a to beginning. A time- and money-saving guide on backpacking gear, provision, and skills that explains what you need on your back and between your ears.
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