| Winter Backpacking: Your Guide to Safe and Warm Winter Camping and Day Trips Contributor(s): Shillington, Ben (Author), Sandiford, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 1896980414 ISBN-13: 9781896980416 Publisher: Heliconia Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Hiking - Sports & Recreation | Camping |
| Dewey: 796.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.6" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 159 pages |
| Themes: - Seasonal - Winter |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Backpacking in the winter months can be exhilarating, refreshing, and-with the help of this book-remarkably safe and comfortable too All it takes is some good planning and learning some tricks to keep warm, dry and happy. Written for those new to backpacking in the winter months and looking to make the first experience as warm and enjoyable as possible, and for the practiced winter backpacker interested in making day trips and camping trips more comfortable. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shillington, Ben: - Ben Shillington is an experienced outdoor recreation instructor and guide who has led multiple mountaineering, mountain biking, whitewater and flat water canoe expeditions. In 2003, Ben was invited to be a mountain climber for the Discovery Channel's Mount Everest Expedition, where he spent two months climbing and filming the western crown of Mount Everest up to Base Camp II (21,325 feet; 6,500 meters). Ben has summited a 21,000-foot (6,400-meter) peak in the Himalayas, trekked independently to Everest's Base Camp, and guided on Mount Kilimanjaro. |