Trekker's Handbook: Strategies to Enhance Your Journey

By Buck Tilton

* Contains pre-trip, during the trip, and post-trip strategies for long-distance hiking * Buck Tilton is a well-known outdoor writer and a contributing editor for Backpacker magazine Trekking, n.: A wilderness excursion of 5-6 days or more where the focus is on the journey rather than the destination. Trekking is an experience-and distinctly different than thru-hiking long (hundred- or thousand-mile) trails in the preparation, lifestyle, and time commitments involved. Buck Tilton takes you from planning the route (linking trails or finding loops) to tactical considerations (menus/ration planning, resupply, going lightweight) to making the most of your journey (life on the trail and the etiquette of section-hiking long trails). Buck Tilton, M.S., is the award-winning author of more than fifteen books, including Don't Get Sick (with Rick Bennett, Ph.D.) and Don't Get Bitten . He is a co-founder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898869579
• ISBN13: 9780898869576
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"