Guidebook to trekking the Pyrenean Haute Route, which zigzags across the Franco-Spanish border, staying close to the main ridge in the highest and most spectacular central Pyrenees. It covers 800km with over 40km of ascent, so is suitable for experienced mountain walkers only. The largely unwaymarked route is presented in 45 stages.
I walk alone. That is not down on the city streets where help or a sympathetic ear is never very far away but solo up in the rough country where I have climbed over a thousand mountains. I have no claim to fame expertise or celebrity status. I’m just an ordinary guy who endeavours to climb out of the ruts we call existence to tailor a ......
The San Rafael Swell is a seemingly endless expanse of slickrock, reefs, rivers, narrow canyons, mesas, towers, and pinnacles. It is the wilderness home of coyotes, eagles, mountain lions, and bighorn sheep. Steve Allen's Canyoneering: The San Rafael Swell has long been the standard for exploring this remarkable area. With the input of fellow ......
Controversial Issues in Adventure Programming offers an engaging approach to the consideration of enduring, current, and emerging issues in the field. Written primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, the text presents 20 issues in a debate format, challenging students to participate in critical discourse concerning these ......
Hide-and-seek is an age-old game that has never lost its allure. Geocaching-using a global positioning system and other navigational techniques to find hidden containers, or caches-brings this classic favorite to an exciting new level. Geocaching for Schools and Communities is the ideal resource for organizing geocaching for learners of any ......
Undergraduate text or reference for professors and professionals in outdoor recreation and natural resource management. Reference for park and recreation administrators and employees of government and private resource management agencies.
What should you do if you encounter a bear in the wild? What if you fall through thin ice? Or run out of water? Or get sick on wild food? This guide provides information about what to do when something goes wrong in the outdoors - both emergency situations and annoying accidents - in a portable format that's easy to use in the field.
Well known master storyteller and arctic guide Fred Webb has taken the most interesting, funny, and remarkable stories of his long and illustrious North American guiding career and placed them in this adventure-filled, fascinating book.
