Introduction to Backpacking Author:Robert Colwell Anywhere in America or the word is "walking distance" for the backpacker and for those who haven't tried it or who need brush-up or skill-building advice-- reviewers explain what trailwalking means to the routine weary, and how introduction to backking by Robert Colwell can open the way to this relaxing way out: — This book is brimmed full of fac... more »ts for the casual and avid backpacker alike.
Colwell, who has lived much of his like from a pack on his back now shows others how to follow in his footsteps and how to travel a wilderness area withoiut leaving a trace of passage that will spoil the wxperience for any who follow in theirs.« less