Ski Camping: A Guide to the Delights of Backcountry Skiing
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1877625000 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 154 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Excellent classic camping book! Lots of useful tips, plus it's fun to see what people were using in the past. It gives a great perspective to how gear has evolved to meet the demands of outdoor activities in the winter.
Ski Camping is a beautifully photographed book covering camping and skiing in the backcountry. It has become a classic outdoor instructional book and is one of the most well received skiing books ever published.. Topics covered include planning, equipment, clothing, food, trail techniques, skiing techniques, snow camping, winter shelters, route finding and winter hazards
The array of information is vast." -- Eric Evans, Nordic Skiing"A splendid book with dramatic layout and striking photographs. Nordic skiing has been one of my favorite enterprises for 25 years, and this is the nicest introduction to that delight I've seen." -- J. Baldwin, Next Whole Earth Catalog. There are other books on this subject, but none so well done and so easily understood. "A delightful book. I kept looking for faults but came up empty handed. A treasury of tips." -- Lito Tejada Flores, Backcountry Skiing"One of the most expansively and graphically exquisite winter travel books ever put together." -- Ski X-C"This enticing book is for you who crave to ski where you make the first track, and stay out overnight as well