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In this guide to low-impact hiking and camping, Laura and Guy Waterman present a strong case for the importance of respecting the natural world while you're enjoying it. Day hikers, campers, and backpackers who follow the sensible techniques laid out in this book will help preserve the wilderness experience for generations to come.
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Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping
2016, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
1581575319 9781581575316
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Table of Contents
Hikers: who are we?
That pack on the back: Mae West vs. Twiggy
Backpackers' favorite lies
Peakbagging
The 2,000-mile community on the move
Winter camping idyll
The greatest walkers of them all
II. The new ethic
The coming of the lug-soled army
Cleaning up our act
Low-impact hiking: of boots, mud, and grandmothers
Low-impact camping: swinging in the woods
Low-impact cooking: the fire goes out
The 46ers
III. Toward a sense of stewardship
A day in the life of the nuts
Trail tending
Seven days in April
To save a mountain flower: preserving alpine areas
a three part saga. The physical component ; Education above the trees ; Making two blades of grass to grow
Rock climbers and their environment, 1970
IV. Four unresolved impact issues
Case study 1: Low-impact bushwhacking
Case study 2: Man's best friend, or menace to wilderness?
Case study 3: Rock climbers and their environment, 1990
Case study 4: Winter camping: tracks in more than the snow
Epilogue.
Edition Notes
Previous edition published in 1993 with title: Backwoods ethics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index.
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