Hiking category: 1575 books
by Zane Grey
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Death Valley was one place that could never be popular with men. It had been set apart for the hardy diggers for earthen treasure, and for the wanderers of the wastelands—men who go forth to seek and to find and to face their souls. Perhaps most of them found death. But there was a death in life....
Gorge
My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The inspiring memoir of a plus-size woman who summited Kilimanjaro while overcoming fat prejudice and her own demons--"I was moved and inspired by every page of this beautiful book" (Cheryl Strayed)
Kara Richardson Whitely was determined to reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. But...
The Nature Books of Henry David Thoreau – 6 Titles in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)
Journeys, Adventures & Life in Harmony with Nature: Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, A Yankee in Canada & Canoeing in the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
"A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is a narrative of a 2 week boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts, down the Concord River to the Middlesex Canal, to the Merrimack River, up to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, taken by Thoreau and his brother John. It covers diverse topics such...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for...
The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader, Oregon and Washington
Adventure, History, and Legend on the Long-Distance Trail
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
* Unique woodcut illustrations decorate both volumes * Trail map to follow story locations in each volume * For both hikers and armchair adventurers of the PCT Exploring the people, places, and history of the Pacific Crest Trail as it ranges 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada, THE PACIFIC CREST TRAILSIDE...
Funny Shit in the Woods and Other Stories
The Best of Semi-Rad.com
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Brendan Leonard's Semi-Rad.com has become the funny, introspective voice of everyman and everywoman adventurers—from the pitfalls of introducing a new love interest to a dangerous sport, to the mishaps we have trying to use the bathroom in the wild. Since 2011, more than one million visitors have...
by Jim Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Nowhere in Ireland is there such a rich diversity of walks as Killarney. Thousands visit every year to walk in the beautiful landscape for which Killarney is renowned, and until now there has been no guidebook for these walks. Jim Ryan has compiled eighteen of Killarney’s most interesting low level...
by Mark Finnemore
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Warning - going further is not recommended! Do not approach the volcano! But we could see a steaming cloud up ahead, promising views of molten lava. We looked right and noticed sulfuric fumes billowing up, bringing back warnings of “don’t get surrounded by lava”. As I looked left, I heard a yelp of surprise. Looking back – and then down – I found Paul hip-deep in pumice.
Appalachian Odyssey
Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Trail along on this 2,000-mile, bliss-and-blister adventure away from interstates and into backwoods America. Cross the Smokies, survive Virginia floods, buck New Jersey heat, walk the Presidentials of the White Mountains, and traverse a mile-long gorge. Then, 150 days later, stand victorious on the...
by Jerome Francis Lusa
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
...The mountains are close to three hundred miles north of where I live. They have always beckoned when life throws me off balance. “Come find solace amid our solitude,” they call. “Come cleanse your soul on our summits.” ...
A Voice in Our Wilderness
John Husar's Timeless Writings on the Outdoors, Strange Meals, and Life's Simple Moments
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Dedicated outdoor enthusiast and longtime Chicago Tribune columnist John Husar's most notable columns and stories are collected here in one volume for nature lovers to enjoy. The compilation is organized by how a day unfolds, from morning's first light to ghost stories told around the campfire....
by David Bathurst
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2006
From the South Downs Way to Offa’s Dyke, from the Thames Path to the Norfolk Coast Path, from Pembrokeshire to the West Highlands, there are big walks here to keep you rambling all year round. And what better way to discover the landscapes of Great Britain, from green and gentle dales to majestic...
by Paddy Dillon
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
This guidebook to walking on the Scilly Isles at the south-western edge of Britain includes 11 day walks and 4 boat trips, perfect for a fortnight away from it all. The walks are between 2 and 16km long, and explore the larger islands such as Tresco, St Martin's, St Mary's, St Agnes and Bryher as...
St Oswald's Way and St Cuthbert's Way
With the Northumberland Coast Path
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
This guide describes two long-distance trails through the unspoilt scenery of Northumberland and the Borders. St Oswald's Way begins at Heavenfield and its 97 miles take in rolling farmland and the Simonside Hills before reaching the vast sandy beaches of the coast. The 62 mile St Cuthbert's Way begins...