Ultimate Guide to Backcountry Travel - Softcover

Lanza, Michael

9781878239822: Ultimate Guide to Backcountry Travel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878239821 ISBN 13: 9781878239822

Publisher: UNKNO, 1999

Expert outdoorsman Mike Lanza has logged countless hours exploring the great outdoors. In this practical and engaging new guide, Mike shares his years of experience and the tried and true secrets of enjoying the backcountry. Covering everything from gear and gorp to encounters with grizzlies, this guide will teach you all you need to experience a safe, responsible, and enjoyable outdoor adventure. Special features include trip planning, gear selection, preparing food and water, backcountry navigation, wilderness ethics, making camp, leadership and decision-making skills, first aid and winter in the backcountry.

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About the Author:

Michael Lanza is a freelance outdoor writer and photographer. He regularly writes about outdoor destinations, reviews gear, and contributes feature stories and photos to AMC Outdoors, Appalachia, Backpacker, Outdoor Explorer, Outside, and Walking. He has written a guidebook to hiking trails in New England. He formerly served as interim editor of AMC Outdoors, syndicated a weekly outdoor column to 20 newspapers around New England, and co-hosted a call-in program on the outdoors on New Hampshire Public Radio. A New England native, he earned a B.S. in photojournalism at Syracuse University and spent ten years as a newspaper reporter and editor.

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