Acknowledgments A Note to the Reader THE LAND BEYOND THE ROADHEAD 1 Backpacking in the Twenty-first Century 2 Breaking In GEARING UP 3 The Gear You Need & How to Choose It 4 Boots 5 Clothing 6 The Pack 7 The Bed 8 Shelter 9 Stove & Kitchen 10 The Rest of the Load PREPARING FOR THE TRIP 11 Designing the Trip 12 Planning Food & Fuel 13 Packing & Preparations TRAVEL ON THE TRAIL 14 To the Trailhead 15 Life on Your Own Two Feet 16 Finding the Way MAKING & MANAGING THE CAMP 17 Making Camp 18 Fire & Food 19 Shelter & Bed 20 Sanitation & Clean Water 21 Breaking Camp VARIATIONS 22 Ultralight & Other Variants 23 Backpacking in the Desert & Other Odd Places 24 The Winter Wilderness 25 Hiking & Camping with Kids TROUBLE & HOW TO DEAL WITH IT 26 Trouble! 27 Some Common Medical Problems 28 Threats from the Environment 29 Problem Animals & Plants THE PLACES & THEIR FUTURE 30 Where the Wild Things Are 31Toward a Wilderness Forever Permission Acknowledgments Resources Index
John Hart is a veteran conservationist, poet, backpacker, and climber, and the author of Hiking the Great Basin, Hiking the Bigfoot Country, and (with David Sanger) San Francisco Bay: Portrait of an Estuary. He lives in San Rafael, California.
"Crowded with information on gearing up, food and fuel, finding your way, making and breaking camp.... A commonsense and literate approach." - Los Angeles Times "For the most complete overall picture of what genuine wildemess camping entails, the Sierra Club's Walking Softly in the Wilderness is the ultimate manual." - Houston Chronicle"
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