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The Allegheny National Forest in north-western Pennsylvania covers
500,000 acres and is nationally known for it's many established
hiking trails. This guide covers 50 day-hikes and 5 backpacking
trails in and around the region. Information for each hike includes
what to pack, time to allow, detailed directions to trailheads,
maps of each trail, and major vistas and points of interest along
the way.
A guidebook to the Cumbria Way, a 73-mile long distance path
through the heart of the English Lake District from Ulverston to
Carlisle. The route is largely low-level, but this book also
describes alternative mountain days which add the Coniston Fells,
Glaramara and Skiddaw en route. The guide divides the route into 5
stages of between 12 and 16 miles, but there is plenty of
opportunity to plan your itinerary for a more easy-going 7 to 8
days. This guidebook also provides useful information for every
stage, from accommodation to available facilities en route, as well
as an annotated OS map and details on points of interest.
Despite the volumes of information they contain, few libraries,
whose population at any given moment is as unpredictable as the
weather, know how to prepare for, endure, and survive a disaster,
whether natural or man-made, and even fewer put their know-how to
paper. Emergency Preparedness for Libraries provides library
management with a comprehensive guide to planning and executing
emergency procedures. Based, in part, on an emergency preparedness
seminar the author has presented for the American Library
Association, Emergency Preparedness for Libraries provides library
personnel with detailed instructions for protecting staff, patrons,
and the facilities themselves, including Steps to take now, before
disaster strikes People and procedures to include in an
emergency/disaster action plan Practical ways to turn written plans
into an instinctual team response Safety considerations to take
into account when caring for people on-site during an emergency
Information to provide to the umbrella organization and the media
after a disaster Key things to do the first few days after an event
Tips for getting back to business In addition, the author examines
possible scenarios and provides step-by-step solutions for all
types of libraries academic, school, public, and special and all
types of disruptions, including floods, fires, civil disturbances,
and theft.
Few historians have written about walking, despite its obvious
centrality to the human condition. Focusing on the period
1800-1914, this book examines the practices and meanings of walking
in the context of transformative modernity. It boldly suggests that
once historians place walking at the heart of their analyses,
exciting new perspectives on themes central to the 'long nineteenth
century' emerge. Walking Histories, 1800-1914 adopts a global
perspective, including contributions from specialists in the
history and culture of Great Britain, North America, Australia,
Russia, East-Central Europe, and South Asia. Critically engaging
with recent research, the contributions within offer fresh insights
for academic experts, while remaining accessible to student
readers. This book will be essential reading for those interested
in movement, travel, leisure, urban history, and environmental
history.
The Yorkshire Dales combine a wild limestone landscape of high
rolling moorland gouged by dramatic caves and cascading waterfalls
with peaceful farmland carpeted in wildflowers and dotted with
ruined abbeys, ancient stone walls and barns, and timeless villages
waiting to be discovered.The 40 moderate walks in this collection
from award winning publisher Pocket Mountains highlight the very
best the area has to offer and include adventures in Wharfedale,
Malhamdale, Nidderdale, Ribblesdale, Wensleydale, Swaledale and
Dentdale. Many routes make use of sections of established
long-distance trails such as the Pennine Way and the Dales Way.
This book should become the "Camper's Guide" for anyone interested
in staying at any of the state parks and waysides in Minnesota. It
is filled with details of each of the parks and waysides; what
facilities are available from one park to the next, descriptions of
the campgrounds and the campsites, and what points of interest may
be nearby. Along with all of the information, there are maps of the
campgrounds and a map of each of the parks included. But, that is
only one part of the book. Another part of the book describes the
adventure that was had by the author and his wife as they traveled
the highways and back roads of Minnesota getting from one park to
the next. There is detailed information concerning the history of
many of the parks because the diversity of the state parks is just
a mirror of nature's diversity here in the great state of
Minnesota.
The mountains provide the spiritual nourishment so essential to a
truer understanding of the hills and, ultimately, ourselves. Munro
bagging is a headily addictive pursuit, with the holy-grail of
'compleation' the ultimate aim, currently achieved by around 7,000
Munroists. It all began in 1891 when Sir Hugh Munro's Tables of
3,000-foot Scottish mountains appeared in The Scottish
Mountaineering Club Journal. Since then, this innocent compilation
of hills has become a hallowed hit-list. Andrew Dempster traces the
meandering course of this cult activity, which has gone from
trickle to torrent in the space of a century. From early map-makers
to current record-breakers, from the why and the wry to wildness
and well-being, The Munros: A History explores the compulsions and
philosophies underpinning the Munro phenomenon.
All the mapping you need to walk the Offa's Dyke Path National
Trail that runs for 177 miles along the English-Welsh border
between Sedbury (near Chepstow) and Prestatyn on the north Wales
Coast. NOTE An accompanying Cicerone guidebook - Offa's Dyke Path -
describes the full route from south to north with lots of other
practical and historical information. The accompanying guidebook
INCLUDES a copy of this map booklet. This booklet of Ordnance
Survey 1:25,000 Explorer maps is conveniently sized for slipping
into a jacket pocket or top of a rucksack. It shows the full and
up-to-date line of the Offa's Dyke Path, along with the relevant
extract from the OS Explorer map legend.
This is the long-awaited brand new edition of what was the first
guidebook to this classic walk since the Wainwright original. The
Coast to Coast Walk has enjoyed a greater surge in popularity since
recent TV exposure, and remains Britain's favourite long-distance
walk. Savour 192 glorious miles from St Bees on the Cumbrian Coast
to Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire Coast, passing through the
unparalleled grandeur of three National Parks. The Lake District,
Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors provide an endless array of
attractions, and together create what can be the walk of a
lifetime. After a re-survey of the entire route in Spring 2010, a
wealth of changes and improvements to an already well-used guide
sees the Hannon version return to the top of the pile. Re-drawn
colour maps make the book even easier to use in the field, while a
stunning collection of more than 100 full colour photographs depict
the countless memorable features and landscapes along the way. The
book has been extended by 16 further pages to improve the layout
and content. As always, concise route descriptions are complemented
by a veritable wealth of background information, along with an
extensive introductory section dealing with planning the walk,
including useful addresses, contacts and essential services; also
an extremely useful log section.
With some of the most picturesque countryside in England, yet only
a short hop from London, the Chiltern Hills are just waiting to be
explored. The glorious views from high ridges, ancient woodlands
brimming with wildlife and downs alive with wild flowers and
butterflies make the Chilterns and the communities within them
English to the core. The vast network of well-established paths
provides a wonderful walking country with history and nature
keeping you company at every step. If you are planning to get away
from it all in the Chilterns, this collection of 40 moderate walks
is your perfect guide.
In February 2019, award-winning writer Alex Roddie left his online
life behind when he set out to walk 300 miles through the Scottish
Highlands, seeking solitude and answers. In leaving the chaos of
the internet behind for a month, he hoped to learn how it was truly
affecting him - or if he should look elsewhere for the causes of
his anxiety. The Farthest Shore is the story of Alex's solo trek
along the remote Cape Wrath Trail. As he journeyed through a
vanishing winter, Alex found answers to his questions, learnt the
nature of true silence, and discovered frightening evidence of the
threats faced by Scotland's wild mountain landscape.
Originally, 'South-West Climbs', published in 1979 by Diadem, was a
single-volume publication and was a collaboration between one of
the South West's most prolific and important activists, Pat
Littlejohn, and one of the most influential of British Publishers,
Ken Wilson.This rapidly became very popular and introduced many
climbers to the joys and pleasures of the sometimes mysterious and
occasionally remote south-west peninsula of England.For this new
and fully revised edition, the climbs of the South West have been
split into two volumes. The second volume covers the Granite of
West Penwith, Dartmoor, the Channel Islands and Lundy - the guide
also covers the North Cornish and North Devon coasts.Written by Pat
Littlejohn with 'a little help from his friends' this new guide
describes some of the most adventurous climbing to be found in the
British Isles and together with its counterpart, South West Climbs:
Volume 1 provides the visiting climber to the area a wealth of
top-quality routes to go at.
Alpine expert Kev Reynolds has spent fifty years exploring mountain
landscapes and thirty writing about his experiences. Here he shares
some of the high points of a full life as a wanderer and writer.
Kev is the leading international authority on many mountain ranges,
including the Pyrenees, many regions of the Alps and the Nepal
Himalaya. As the author of numerous guides he has inspired many
thousands of trekkers to follow in his footsteps. As a lecturer he
regularly evokes the mood and majesty of the mountains to
spellbound audiences. In this book Kev tells how he set off, aged
21, to explore the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - and never looked
back. He abandoned his desk-bound local government job to pursue a
life in the mountains, living and working in Britain, Austria and
Switzerland before finding his true metier as a writer. These 75
stories capture the joy he has take in exploring the Atlas
Mountains, Pyrenees, Alps, Himalaya and 'Other Wild Places' again
and again, meeting the local people and the mountain guides,
experiencing the local food, faiths and lifestyle and watching the
sun rise and set against some of the world's highest peaks from
summit bivvies.
Meal planning for short outdoor trips (5 days or less) and small
groups (1-4 people) 32 recipes including breakfasts, dinners,
beverages, desserts, and snacks Cut down on expense of freeze-dried
plus eat better nutritionally
"NOLS Backcountry Cooking" provides sample menus and packing
tips for tasty meals, snacks, and beverages to prepare during short
wilderness excursions. Recipes include Tabouli Salad, Vegetarian
Meatballs, Cowboy Coffee, and No-Bake Eskimo Cookies.
Day Walks in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs features 20 day-length
routes suitable for hillwalkers of all abilities. Researched and
written by experienced local walker Gerald McGarry, the walks
explore the highlights of the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs
National Park including the mountains of An Caisteal, Ben Lomond
and Ben Ledi. Together with stunning photography, each route
features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, easy-to-follow directions,
details of distance and navigation information, and refreshment
stops and local information.
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