This book has been needed for a long time. It isn't a manual intended for paramilitary survival combat with the elements, nor is it a "my experiences and methods of wilderness camping." It's a book intended to provide the basic information needed to get ready for the trail and have a fine time while on it. The author speaks to people who haven't done it before, particularly families. Discussions are geared to contemporary conditions and currently available equipment, so the information can be easily put to use. Where there is controversy about equipment (you can get into a considerable argument in any mountaineering store) the most commonly accepted solution is offered. Choices and reasons for them are given where performance requirements might differ enough to make trouble. All in all a very fine way to get into trail hiking if you're not already into it or if your technique has a tendency to leave you cold, wet, tired, bitten and hungry.
[J. Baldwin, Whole Earth Epilog, p.659]

【コンテンツ】
Part One
Off and Away Onto the Trail
Part Two
Equipment: Everything You Always Wanted to Know and Then Some
Part Three
Elaborating the Art

出版年：1975年 （ペーパーバック）
言語：英語
ページ数：349ページ
サイズ：20.5cm×13cm×2cm

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