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Every third Monday each April since 1897, the fastest endurance athletes in the world converge on Boston, Massachusetts to run planet Earth¿s most prestigious road race, the Boston Marathon. What began with fifteen runners toeing the start on a dirt road is now a global phenomenon, attracting millions of online viewers, more than 500, 000 spectators, and 30, 000 of the fastest athletes from 120 countries around the world. Books chronicle its s...

The Nose is the most famous rock climb on earth, tracing the 3, 000-foot prow of the granite formation known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Climbers didn't figure out how to scale it until 1958- five years after Everest. In 1989, a young climber named Hans Florine attempted to ascend the Nose, an effort that took him 46 hours. He would go on to climb it an unprecedented 101 times (and counting) and whittle his total effort down to a ...

Looking for the ideal spot to pitch your tent or park your RV? Camping Georgia will take you there. This comprehensive guidebook gives detailed descriptions of more than 100 public campgrounds throughout Georgia - from the mountains to the plains to the coastal areas. The listings include campsites managed by national, state, city, and county parks, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Easy-t...

Best Easy Day Hikes Birmingham presents approximately twenty easy-to-follow, accessible, and scenic trails in and around Birmingham, Alabama.Written by an expert local hiker, this guide describe the best hikes for those who have limited time or abilities, without missing out on the area's scenic splendors. Look inside to find: ¿Half-hour strolls to full-day adventures ¿Accurate, easy-to-follow directions to the trailhead ¿Hikes for everyone...

A comprehensive, easy-to-use fieldguide to forty of the best hikes Rocky Mountain National Park has to offer, complete with gorgeous black-and-white line art illustrations.

This guide details the best day hikes in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks.

This guide provides detailed information on over 300 public campgrounds in Wyoming and South Dakota's Black Hills, accessible by car. For tenters and RVers alike, this guide will lead you to the perfect campground.

Explore West Virginia's New River Gorge National Park and Preserve with a little help from Johnny Molloy. His guidebook, packed with 20 easy day hikes and useful tips, and information will help you on your way to exploring America's newest national park.

Reading Weather provides a quick and simple way to understand how the atmosphere works, how to interpret and use weather forecasts before venturing outdoors, and also how to make your own forecast in the field by observing the changes in the weather. This fully updated and revised reference will arm you with the meteorological knowledge necessary to make good decisions on whether to proceed or retreat in the face of a storm. Also included are ...

Lipsmackin' Cast Iron Cookin' is a collection of favorite recipes from outdoor chefs from around the world. The recipes are eclectic, always delicious, have easy to follow instructions, and are full of fun stories and anecdotes from their contributors.

Does camping in the great outdoors put a damper on your culinary prowess? Well, stop the hand-wringing and start the fire, because Lipsmackin' Camp Cookin' will show you the way to excellent outdoor cuisine! Designed specifically with the campground setting in mind, Lipsmackin' Camp Cookin' follows the same tried-and-true approach to cooking outdoors originally pioneered in the outdoor classic, Lipsmackin' Backpackin'.

There are ancient treasures hidden across the American Southwest. Tucked away in remote canyons are hundreds of ruins, cultural treasures that provide a wealth of information about the past-and most people never visit them. This fully updated and revised edition of Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen is your ticket to these enchanted sites. Bruce Grubbs leads hikers of all abilities on day hikes and overnight trips to some of the most spectacular areas o...

Alaska has few roads and even fewer trails-only a few hundred miles of maintained footpaths exist outside the cities-so paddling the state's thousands of miles of rivers and lakes is the best way to get off the beaten track. Paddling Alaska describes the best and most accessible routes-forty classics in all, from downtown Anchorage to the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys and the Kenai Peninsula, and from the southern interior north to the Yukon. ...

Colorado's diverse terrain and outdoor culture makes it a paradise for paddlers of all kinds. High mountain lakes and reservoirs offer flatwater paddling in the shadow of snowcapped peaks. There are stretches of river perfect for everyone: beginner sections for learning or teaching, quality Class 3 runs sure to thrill intermediates, and some of the steepest, most technical whitewater on earth. Paddling Colorado describes 30-40 trips in a remar...

Best Rail Trails Illinois is the complete guide to walking, jogging, biking, and cross-country skiing more than forty of the most popular rail trails in Illinois.

Organized in three distinct sections, East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee, the guidebook contains detailed information on 120 public campgrounds in Tennessee accessible by car, for tenters and RVers.

This fully updated and revised guide to more than 300 public campgrounds in the state of Washington is perfect for tent and RV campers alike. Within each of the campground listings is vital information on location, road conditions, fees, reservations, available facilities, and recreational activities. The listings are organized by geographic area, and thorough site maps help simplify the search for the perfect campground. In addition, Camping ...

The award-winning guide to medical training for wilderness rescue and self-care Wilderness First Responder is a comprehensive text for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of backcountry emergencies, written by wilderness expert Buck Tilton with more than a dozen medical professionals. Thoroughly updated and revised, this guide represents more than a century and a half of combined experience in wilderness medicine, rescue, and education....

Send a Ranger is the true story of one man's dream to live and work as a ranger in our national parks. Author Tom Habecker began his 32-year career with the National Park Service as a student intern at Gettysburg National Military Park while earning a degree in park administration at Penn State University. The book details Tom's progression from novice to journeyman park ranger, working in Yosemite, Glacier, and Denali National Parks. The book...

Step richly into the animal world by discovering what their tracks tell you about their purpose, mood and individuality. Learn to understand an animal's current behavior and choices through the context of its biology and the tracks it leaves behind. From decades of field research and teaching tracking to thousands, expert tracker Jim Lowery leads you to confident identification of tracks and into a deeper relationship with animals and their ha...