From the author of Notes from a Small Island and The Lost Continent comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world, and it snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in America.

This updated edition provides a guide to the art of going out-of-doors. It deals with the whens, wheres, how, and what-nows, with chapters such as Anatomy of a crap and For women only: How not to pee in your boots .

A survival story - the day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's terrible accident, self-amputation, rescue and recovery.

A guide to equipment and technique which includes information on techniques such as map and compass work and the skills needed for more remote wilderness journeys - such as how to ford rivers safely and how to choose a route through untracked terrain. It also covers desert hiking, ultralight backpacking, and adventure trekking.

Examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later. This book explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude.

Includes walks throughout England, Wales and Scotland. This work also contains two-colour contour maps for every walk. It offers accommodation and transport information, with a colour section on the best walks and highlights. It provides advice on equipment, health and responsible walking.

Maret is one of the dozens of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers whose fascinating accounts appear in this book. Their experiences are presented by topic and include useful information on food, equipment, surprises, friendships, mental challenges, spiritual awakenings, and adjustment to life after the trail. This unique study offers fresh insight into the many reasons people decide to walk the trail's

In this market-leading guide to the very best walks in the world's adventure capital, New Zealand, the walks have been selected and described by expert authors. The guide includes access to the walks, accommodation, travel information and two-colour contour maps.

Arguing that walking as history means walking for pleasure, for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, this book homes in on the walkers whose everyday acts have shaped our culture, from the peripatetic philosophers of ancient Greece to the poets of the Romantic Age, from the perambulations of the Surrealists to the ascents of mountaineers.

This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.

Tells the story of one and a half step Warren Rogers, co-founder of the Pacific Crest Trail. Rogers overcame polio and risked ruin during the Great Depression to chart the trail from beginning to end.

Drawing on up-to-the-minute reports from hikers all along the length of the trail, this guide provides descriptions of what terrain hikers can expect to find in any given section, along with information on local natural history and nearby towns and landmarks. It includes maps and mileages provided for every section of the trail.

Featuring two-colour contour maps for every walk, this title offers accommodation and transport information. It provides advice on equipment, health and responsible walking. It includes long-distance treks as well as short walks, along with a colour section on the highlights of walking in Scotland.

Meals on the trail can be as delicious and varied as meals prepared at home. You can create meals to suit your tastes or diet -- vegetarian, low fat, Asian, Italian. Meals prepared and dehydrated at home are compact and lightweight, perfect for the backpacker, and safer than packing perishable foods.

Fifth edition. For all trekkers, climbers, sailors and skiers - or anyone else who ventures more than 24 hours beyond medical attention.

Explains almost everything there is to know about hiking on terrains from the desert to the arctic and in all kinds of weather. This book aims to give you the tools you need for group or solo hiking on the long trail, the trackless wilderness, or the most remote and exotic corners of the planet.