Roughing it elegantly: A practical guide to canoe camping

By Patricia J Bell

Newly-revised, includes down-to-earth tips and information on planning a trip, organizing, packing, clothing, equipment and food. Learn how to travel in the wilderness, locate a site and set up camp. Includes extensive information sources, useful reading, check-lists and index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961822716
• ISBN13: 9780961822712
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Cat's-paw Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very useful

I have backpacked and camped for years, but when I decided to try canoe camping, I had questions. This book provided guidance. First, we were going to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and that's the focus area of this book. From Roughing It Elegantly, we gained a better idea of how to pack and portage a canoe, and learned about how canoeists pace themselves. I also got some great recipes! This book spends a good deal of time discussing the pleasantries of canoeing to and through a wild area, not just describing how to lug equipment. A pleasant and useful read.

The best how-to guide for canoe camping/tripping

This is the best how-to guide to canoe camping/tripping--period. Ms. Bell covers the gambut of canoe camping, from planning, equipment selection, considerations concerning traveling with children, health & safety issues, and on and on. It exhaustively covers every imaginable topic, and should answer any question any potential canoe tripper might have. We've been canoe tripping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for several years, and Roughing it Elegantly is our how-to guide book. Even veterans will find it useful.