How much to bring? What are the ideal clothes, food, boots, and tents for your trip? They evaluate each of these variables in detail-including open, honest critiques and endorsements of brand-name equipment. In this book the authors confidently lead us through these technological, ethical, and spiritual changes.įletcher and Rawlins’s thorough appraisal and recommendation of equipment begins with a “Ground Plan,” a discussion of general hiking preparedness. Not only has backpacking become more popular, but a whole ethic of responsible outdoorsmanship has emerged. During these two decades we have also seen a deepening of environmental consciousness. The equipment recommendations are therefore not merely revised and tweaked, but completely revamped. The eighteen years since the publication of The Complete Walker III have seen revolutionary changes in hiking and camping equipment: developments in waterproofing technology, smaller and more durable stoves, lighter boots, more manageable tents, and a wider array of food options. Together, they have made this fourth edition of The Complete Walker the most informative, entertaining, and thorough version yet. For the first time since 1984, we have a new edition of the classic book that Field & Stream called “the Hiker’s Bible.” For this version, the celebrated writer and hiker Colin Fletcher has taken on a coauthor, Chip Rawlins, himself an avid outdoorsman and a poet from Wyoming.
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