More Everyday Wisdom: Trail-Tested Advice from the Experts (Backpacker Magazine)

by Karen Berger

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Want to know why a forest smells different before it starts to rain? Or how long a pair of hiking boots should actually last? Find these answers and more in this pack-perfect book.More Everyday Wisdom provides brilliant improvisations for worst-case scenarios and advice to avoid the most common (and obscure) problems. These backcountry basics will help you plan your trips, become a better problem-solver, and learn to how to stay comfortable.

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Karen Berger has hiked more than 17,000 miles on six continents. She is one of approximately thirty people who have thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Pacific Crest Trail. She is the author of nine books about outdoor adventure, and she has been a contributing editor to Backpacker magazine, and a hiking editor show more for GORP.com. Berger is currently a columnist for Scouting magazine show less

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Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
796.51Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsAthletic and outdoor sports and gamesOutdoor leisureHiking and Backpacking
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GV199.5 .B475Geography, Anthropology and RecreationRecreation. LeisureRecreation. LeisureOutdoor life. Outdoor recreationHiking. Pedestrian tours
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English
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Paper
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