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Hiking Light Handbook: Carry Less, Enjoy More (Backpacker Magazine) | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Berger
Brand: The Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 677199
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0898869617
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.51
EAN: 9780898869613
ASIN: 0898869617
Publication Date: April 2004
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Condition: New & Unread Book Not Remainder Marked- May Have Slight Handling Wear From Bookstore Shelf- Instock For Immediate Shipping
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Product Description
Master hiker Karen Berger enlightens the reader of her book Light Hiking Handbook: Carry Less, Enjoy More with tips and advice that teach how to evaluate a load and make intelligent weight saving decisions She discusses lighter options, making do with substitutes, using multi-purpose items and making your own gear among other strategies Features: Specifications:
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 Solid info, Backpacking Lite April 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Karen again tells it as it is. Hiking Light is a frame of mind, a lifestyle change. Karen does a great job of giving you information and options to reach your goal of enjoying your experience of backpacking. She explains how to wisely look at ALL your gear and habits for ways to reduce that unnecessary weight without compromising its function. This book is based on over 17,000 miles of hiking on the trail in the East, in the West and in other countries.
This is not a fad book telling you to achieve a light pack by an excessive use of the scissors or drills, nor by sponging off fellow hikers for things you should not have left home. Nor does she advocate mortgaging the house to buy the latest, super expensive, lite weight gear sold in some high end backpack shops or web sites.
This book is for the active backpacker who is neither a faddist nor an extremist. If you tend to be a faddist and want a quick fix then check out Lighten Up by Don Ladigin or if you have deep pockets, a long attention span and do most of your backpacking west of the Mississippi, read Lightweight Backpacking and Camping by Ryan Jordan. An exhaustive, well written book about Ultra Lightweight backpacking. But if you are looking for good solid advise lightening up your pack for a more enjoyable trail experience, this is your book!
 Little information November 5, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you've never backpacked, never thought about backpacking, never talked to others about backpacking, and never read a book on backpacking, this book will not be a complete waste of time. It is very "light" on content. Although the author appears to be an experienced backpacker, she could not have significant experience with lightweight backpacking and write this book. There are far better books on lightweight backpacking. An excellent short book, is Don Ladigin's book, Lighten Up!
Hiking Light Handbook August 31, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Hiking Light Handbook: Carry Less, Enjoy More actually has very little information for anyone who has been in the backcountry. I found The Backpackers Handbook, by Chris Townsend, to be more useful.
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