Backpacking: A Woman's Guide (Ragged Mountain Press Woman's Guide) - Softcover

'What a breath of fresh air! "The Woman's Guides" seek to provide a comfortable, friendly place in which women can challenge themselves and learn new skills' - Dagny Scott, Contributing Editor for "Women's Sports", "SHAPE" magazine, Ragged Mountain Press. "Woman's Guides" - the first book series designed for the growing number of women who are active outdoors. These comprehensive guides provide everything you need to get started and keep going. Throughout each book you'll find tips, advice, and words of wisdom from women who've done what you're about to do - learn a new sport. At last, here are books for women who love the outdoors, written in a woman's voice with a woman's approach to learning.'Enlightening and encouraging ...with the right emphasis on the things women will wonder and worry about when they start backpacking' - Ellen Dudley, adventure traveler and coauthor of "American Discoveries: Scouting the First Coast-to-Coast Recreational Trail". In "Backpacking: A Woman's Guide" you'll find the knowledge and skills you need to become a self-sufficient backpacker. Yes, you can light a camp stove ...set up a tent by yourself ...take your kids with you - and keep them entertained . ..survive (and even learn to love) a week in the woods without hot showers! Adrienne Hall's fresh perspective and up-to-date presentation of techniques and equipment provide all the tools you need to become a confident, comfortable, capable backpacker! 'This book is better than a backpacking best friend! It gives advice without the know-it-all attitude; it answered my questions without making me feel dumb' - Lucy Kaske, new backpacker.

Avid hiker Adrienne Hall began backpacking at age 11 on a 33-day family excursion. Her love of the sport culminated in her 2,150-mile Appalachian Trail through-hike in 1996, which she chronicled in a 26-part newspaper series. She has hiked in the Rocky Mountains, the Virginia Blue Ridge, and Europe.