Backpacking the Juan de Fuca Trail - Hiking & Backpacking
I read somewhere that Vancouver Island's West Coast Trail is one of the top ten backpacking trips in the world. There was no mention of the Juan de Fuca Trail on this list - in fact it took a little digging to find maps, a guidebook and sort out ... [... more]
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Backpacking With Babies and Small Children: A Guide to ...
 for those who pack or camp for the first time: While There is some good information in this book for those who are very inexperienced in the areas of backpacking or camping in gereral, I would hesitate to recommend this to anyone who has already had the [... more]
$9.95
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How to Raise a Happy Hiker - Hiking & Backpacking
By the time she was six, my daughter was able to hike 13 kilometres (including climbing a short section of limestone rock headwall in a snowstorm, using the attached chains to help pull herself up). The next day she hiked out the same trail, ... [... more]
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Day Hike Checklist - Hiking & Backpacking
Making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out... if I've forgotten anything for this hike. Even a simple dayhike can become a mini-epic if the weather turns bad and you've forgotten a raincoat, or someone falls in a patch of prickly pear ... [... more]
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Best Backpacking Breads - Hiking & Backpacking
I love carbs and the thought of going a day without bread is a sad one for me. Finding the right bread to take backpacking can be a bit of a challenge - but it's not stopped me yet! Flatbreads such as tortillas, pita and naan work extremely well. ... [... more]
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Packs for Your Dog - Hiking & Backpacking
It took us a few backpacking trips before we realised there was no need for us to be carrying extra water, food and bowls for our canine hiking companion. Buddy (a border collie cross) was more than capable of packing his own supplies. So we ... [... more]
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Wilderness Emergency Training - Hiking & Backpacking
Would you know the best way to make a splint for someone who has broken their leg on a backpacking trip? How should you handle a severe burn from a campfire when help is hours away? What should you do when your skiing partner has an epileptic ... [... more]
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Backpacking With the Under Six Set - Hiking & Backpacking
Her inaugural backpacking trip was two months shy of her first birthday. I carried her and her gear on my back; my husband carried everything else. She was thrilled with the campsite, tickled pink with yet another dinner outdoors, ready for bed ... [... more]
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Backpacking in Michigan
Terrific resource!: This concise, authoritative guide by seasoned travel author and backpacker Jim DuFresne offers everything you should know about backpacking Michigan's trails, footpaths, state forests and back country areas. It's an easy read, [... more]
$18.95
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Coleman Hooligan 2 Backpacking Tent
Features: Lightweight, one-pole design tent for two campers Features a full-length rain fly with a large vestibule Coleman's Weather Tec System will keep you dry in wet conditions A mesh inner tent offers maximum ventilation Easy to set up Amazon.com [... more]
$49.99
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Beyond Backpacking: Ray Jardines Guide to Lightweight Hiking
hippy dippy blowhard: Ray approaches "the ultralight philosophy" like a recovering alcoholic preaching about the evils of "demon rum". The one thing all these ultralight writers have in common is they once carried ridiculous loads [... more]
$19.95
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Trail Food: Drying and Cooking Food for Backpacking and ...
very nice: good and informative book for the price. I tried a few of the recipes and was able to improvise from there. Decent: This is a decent book which encourages experimentation with dehydrating your food and creating recipes- something often left [... more]
$9.95
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