Backpacking the Light Way: Comfortable, Efficient, Smart - Softcover

Light, Richard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1634040287 ISBN 13: 9781634040280

Verlag: Menasha Ridge Press, 2015

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This book helps beginners and advance backpackers pack efficiently and carry less weight while still being prepared.

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Rick A. Light is an instructor of backpacking, rock climbing, and other outdoor skills. He has been backpacking, skiing, climbing, hiking, and generally active in the outdoors for more than 50 years. He lives in Santa Fe, NM.

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THIS IS NOT ANOTHER BACKPACKING GEAR BOOK.

Backpacking the Light Way has one goal: to help backpackers lighten their loads. You need not sacrifice comfort to enter the world of ultralight backpacking, but you do need to change the way you think about gear, pack loads, and planning. Preservation of comfort is the guiding principle of this book. It allows you to learn ultralight techniques and tricks without
sacrificing whats important.

Longtime professional outdoor-skills instructor Richard Light teaches field-tested, proven strategies for:
Planning a modular packing system
Creating gear lists that work
Navigating the steps required to seriously lighten up
Understanding the di erences in conventional and ultralight thinking
Dealing with winter conditions
Packing to minimize frustration
Assessing risk in the backcountry
Effective trip planning

Backpacking the Light Way helps beginners as well as advanced backpackers pack efficiently, carry less weight while still being fully prepared, and have fun in the backcountry.

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THIS IS NOT ANOTHER BACKPACKING GEAR BOOK.

Backpacking the Light Way has one goal: to help backpackers lighten their loads. You need not sacrifice comfort to enter the world of ultralight backpacking, but you do need to change the way you think about gear, pack loads, and planning. Preservation of comfort is the guiding principle of this book. It allows you to learn ultralight techniques and tricks without
sacrificing what's important.

Longtime professional outdoor-skills instructor Richard Light teaches field-tested, proven strategies for:
Planning a modular packing system
Creating gear lists that work
Navigating the steps required to seriously lighten up
Understanding the di erences in conventional and ultralight thinking
Dealing with winter conditions
Packing to minimize frustration
Assessing risk in the backcountry
Effective trip planning

Backpacking the Light Way helps beginners as well as advanced backpackers pack efficiently, carry less weight while still being fully prepared, and have fun in the backcountry.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Menasha Ridge Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1634040287
• ISBN 13: 9781634040280
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 170
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar