Everyday Wisdom: 1,001 Expert Tips for Hikers (Backpacker Magazine)

By Karen Berger

* 1001 fun-to-read tips for beginning to expert hikers and backpackers * Concise, easy-to-use hints selected from one of the most popular Backpacker columns * Our best-selling "how to backpack" book Experienced hikers know that their most important piece of gear is the gray matter they carry in their heads. They know they can't be prepared for every single thing that could go wrong. They can't anticipate every problem, and they can't carry enough gear to fix everything that could possibly break. And they don't have to, because Everyday Wisdom does it for them. This one-stop, easy-to-use collection of practical advice, time-saving tips, problem-solving techniques, brilliant improvisations, and Everyday Wisdom shows hikers how to make their way and make do in the backcountry. The secret is preparing for the predictable and solving problems by avoiding them. Learn about the basics, food and kitchen, travel across backcountry terrain, creating comfort, weather issues, staying healthy, water, field repairs, equipment maintenance between trips, and a whole lot more. Can't find the hole in the air mattress? Need tips for backcountry meals? A surprise cold front has rolled in... Need some improvised gloves, fast? Everyday Wisdom will help. Knowing a few seemingly small tricks will enable backpackers to take big strides in increasing their comfort, safety, preparation, and improvisational skills. This guide is a source of to-the-point, practical hints and tips that only a seasoned expert could bring together.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898865239
• ISBN13: 9780898865233
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

a great gift

My son-in-law is an avid hiker and backpacker. He and my daughter have had many adventures in the Cascades. I buy this for him each year as a birthday present. He really has enjoyed it. it's great because I can order it online. and it is sent to him in WA.

GREAT BOOK!

THis is a great book for the beginners all the way to the experts. It gives 1001 helpful tips that are very useful when applied in the field. As a beginner, I found this extordinarly useful. Karen Berger gives tips from the best way to lace your boots to simple menu planning. There is also a section on repairing your gear. If you don't all ready own this book, I recommend that your invest your money and buy it.

Well written, practical guide to the backcountry

Ms. Berger covers the essentials and also provides little tips and suggestions that are usualy aquired knowledge from extensive experience in outdoor living. The book is a very practical addition to any novice's library. One facet I appreciate is her approach to preventing challenges on the trail through pre-planning and common sense. This is the kind of book I would, and intend to use as a classroom book for the scouts and new adult leaders in our Boy Scout troop in the future. Rather than drawing from the myriad ofsources available, this concise book offer me all I need in basic instruction material. Coupled with 30 years of experience in introducing youth to wilderness living in an ecologically sound manner it makes my volunteer committment much easier to accomplish. Additionally, in a time when more women are outdoors with their sons, Ms. Berger adequately addresses the outdoor living skills and information women always search for and in many cases are not covered in other reference materials. Bravo, Ms. Berger!