Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion 2022
Professional elevation profiles to show you dips and climbs of the day ahead Landmark-by-landmark tables for at-a-glance information by section Town maps showing food and lodging (and beer) The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association collaborate each year on a guide especially designed for potential thru-hikers who want the basic information for a five- to six-month trek in the woods, at a reasonable price, but also want the adventure of finding out the extras for themselves. Still the only such guide written by volunteers for which all the proceeds are returned to the Trail by these two nonprofits. With fact-checking research by more than three dozen thru-hiker volunteers in 14 states, the A.T. Data Book is backed by the first-hand information of the trail's volunteer and staff maintainers and managers. Equipment-makers' toll-free numbers, post office hours, much more included as well as professionally crafted elevation profiles covering 23 miles at a time, 50 maps, and comprehensive tables for more at-a-glance information on-trail.
You Say What?
This book contains a series of articles that were written by the author for publication in the "Bugle" a monthly newspaper published by an old friend Col. Tom Noreen, U.S. Army retired, in Cedar Springs, Michigan, and the American Cooner Magazine a coonhound magazine published monthly in Sesser, Illinois. The articles run the gamut from human interest stories, memories, hounds & hunting, life lesson stories from around the globe.
Sixty Years behind the Mast
Although the theme of Sixty Years behind the Mast is sailing, blue-water cruising in particular, it is much more than just about sailing. First, it is hoped the book will be added to the libraries of many blue-water sailors. For example, on the author's forty-foot yacht, AEOLUS, its library included three or four dozen sailing books including Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World (1894) and Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast (1840). Dana's book is an excellent description of the eighty-four-foot Boston brig, PILGRIM, trading with the ranchers in "Alta California" in the 1830s. A good library consisting of many other well-known sailing/adventure stories is essential on a cruising yacht. Second, Sixty Years behind the Mast also should be included in the libraries of armchair adventurers who dream of making voyages to the distant islands in the South Pacific. The romantic South Pacific is famous for its out-of-the-box authors, artists, beachcombers, lone sailors, and scallywags, such as Robert Louis Stevenson (In the South Seas); James Michener (Tales of the South Pacific); impressionist painter, Paul Gauguin, who lived out his tragic life on Hiva Oa, an island of the Marquesas Archipelago; and American musician, Eddie Lund (and his Tahitians), sometimes referred to as "the Irving Berlin of island music." The Romance of the South Pacific was also well illustrated by famed film director John Ford's movie, The Hurricane (1937), staring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall. Third, Sixty Years behind the Mast is a good reference manual for parents who have adolescent children. Several weeks, even just one week of blue-water sailing on a small boat, is an amazing way to help children successfully navigate the rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood. Cruising motivates a person to become self-reliant, builds self-confidence, enhances compassion, helps develop the skills required for effective teamwork and leadership, and makes one more sensitive to nature and sympathetic to the environment.
Leaving the Bubble - Into Blue Depths
It has always been my dream to become a scuba diving instructor and teach diving abroad for a while. In 2019 my dream came true when I embarked on a journey to work as a scuba diving instructor in Ibiza and Thailand for one year. This book is the story of one of the best and enriching years of my life on one hand, and a deep reflection on all the powerful life lessons, which emerged during this one year, on the other.
Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man
When Laurence Catlow, a classics master at a Cumbrian boarding school, sees a beautiful pheasant in flight, he wants to reach for his gun.In this diary of his sporting year, he asks himself, between days on the local rivers and shoots, why this is so.His answers are surprising, controversial and convincing. They provide an articulate response to the anti-fieldsports arguments, and he presents them in an entertaining, frank and amusing manner.Throughout 1995, Laurence's diary records his hopes of buying some precipitous shooting ground in the Pennines, his fishing days on the Eden, Wharfe and other rivers, the arrival of a second gundog and days spent together on shoots. All this activity is interspersed with Laurence's quest for his true motives in killing what he most loves. He looks at foxhunting, vegetarianism, man as a hunter, man as created in God's image and man as a creature doomed, himself, to die.Nearly 25 years later, this diary remains highly topical, thought-provoking and original. yet its tone is also very human and it comes from the pen of a true nature-lover.
The Marlinspike Sailor
Hervey Garrett Smith, born in 1896 in Long Island, New York was a graduate of the Pratt Institute and was an artist and illustrator who provided illustrations for such publications as "National Geographic" and boating magazines. He also wrote several books on the traditional arts of the sailor, such as "Boat Carpentry", "The Small Boat Sailor's Bible", and "The Arts of the Sailor". Considered one of the foremost marine illustrators of his day, Smith's work is still regarded today as a great resource on sailing related rope work and rigging. First published in 1949, "The Marlinspike Sailor" is an invaluable resource on the subject of rope use in sailing. A sailor and boat builder himself, Smith named this work after the indispensible sailor's tool, the marlinspike, a short often tapered and rounded metal tool used in splicing rope, tying, and untying of knots. Subjects such as essential sailing knots, whippings, splicing, and sennit making, are all discussed in this work. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the second enlarged edition published in 1952.
Boy Scouts Handbook
Published in 1911, "Boy Scouts Handbook: The First Edition", compiled by the Boy Scouts of America, is the immensely popular and widely influential guide for young boys entering the organization. The first edition of the "Handbook" appeared a year after the Boy Scouts were formed in 1910 and offered practical advice on all manner of outdoor activities, including swimming, camping, hiking, sailing, woodcrafting, and outdoor survival techniques. The "Handbook" also explained how the Boy Scout organization worked and provided direction on how Scouts should be well-rounded, informed, chivalrous, resourceful, and honorable. While some of the information and advice reflects the time in which the book was written and the scientific knowledge available, the first edition of the "Handbook" endures as a helpful and detailed guide for many skills that have changed little over the past century, such as horseback riding, building a fire, and identifying trees and plant life that can aid in outdoor survival. The Boy Scouts had a profound influence on generations of young men who went on to become national heroes, presidents, and leading scientific figures and the "Boy Scouts Handbook: The First Edition" remains a valuable resource for understanding the organization and its goals. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
The Chief and I
As a young boy, the author met a retired schooner captain by chance. They both admired an abandoned one-hundred-foot schooner hull on a sandbar near the captain's home in Tampa Bay. The captain assured the boy that the hull could be salvaged and repaired to sail again, but it never was. Years later the author remembered the vision that the captain had about rebuilding the hull. The author was working for the Panama Canal Company, where an unused ferro-cement schooner belonging to Explorer Ship 8 of the Boy Scouts of America was sitting idle at a dock. Pushed by his teenage son to "get the Chief fixed up" so the scouts could sail her, the author took on the project. Finding a way to raise money for repairs was the first challenge. After that, it was a day-by-day struggle to bring the schooner back to a seaworthy condition. This book documents the hard work, pressure, and growth that both the teenagers and the participating adults went through as they brought an impossible dream into reality. The Chief participated in the tall ship parade of the US Bicentennial, July 4, 1976, in New York harbor and then sailed back to Panama.
A Smuggler’s Guide to Fine Dining
Ranen is Back! (only younger) in this long-awaited prequel to A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners Gunplay, wicked storms, seductive love scenes: this story wanders with a twenty-something, rootless, reckless Ranen from his mountaineering days through the wild beginnings of the Caribbean drug smuggling scene. Queens, Kings, rock stars, none ever lived a lifestyle this exhilarating and elegant. Not really a cookbook, these are true tales of sailing adventure with ocean going recipes. Ranen wrote and published stories from his life so his friends could visit these places, meet these characters, and experience the lifestyle. This is a sailing voyage worth taking.
Sport and Christianity
Sport and Christianity examines sport and Christianity from a variety of historical perspectives, with the main focus on the period from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. The book is not limited to a narrow definition of Christianity, but rather encompasses a wide range of denominations, related philosophies and viewpoints. The contributors are international, and the geographical range of their chapters is equally wide, extending, for example, from China to Argentina, and from Australia to Poland. Some chapters focus on a single sport such as gymnastics, soccer or Australian Rules football, while others look at modern sports more generally. Different methodological and theoretical approaches have been adopted, as contributors enter the debates on, for example, cultural imperialism, gender, changing Christian attitudes to leisure, or the intersection between religion, politics and sport. Demonstrating the many-sided significance of the relationship between Christianity and Sport, this book is ideal for scholars of Sport History and Christianity. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Match Fixing and Sport
Match-Fixing and Sport studies match-fixing in historical perspective, revealing how match-fixing has always been a major sporting continuity, alongside another longstanding continuity, a widely-held belief in a mythical recent past of pristine purity. The volume begins with a brief overview of match-fixing's global contemporary contexts, the broad range of sports where it now surfaces, increased recognition of its moral, social, and economic threat, and the varied responses of leading sports organizations, legal gambling operators, police forces, governmental departments, and regulators. The following chapters explore the challenges of finding any reliable evidence of match-fixing in the past. An overview shows that match-fixing has been a major and substantial longstanding historical continuity in sport, usually but not always is linked to gambling and sporting materialism. Examples are brought forward to show that it could be found in Ancient Greece and Egypt and was widespread across the early modern and modern periods around the globe. Overall, the volume assists scholars by suggesting some key questions which a future agenda for the historical study of match-fixing might address.Revealing how high-stakes betting, dishonest dealings and suspicious performances can be found throughout history, Match-Fixing and Sport will be of great interest to scholars of Sport History and Sport Ethics. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Heart of a Hoosier
Five NCAA Championships, 22 Big Ten Conference Championships--this is the candy-striped legacy of the Indiana University men's basketball team. In its 120-year history, Indiana basketball has become a giant in college basketball and earned a legion of fans. In Heart of a Hoosier: A Year of Inspiration from IU Men's Basketball, authors Del Duduit and Michelle Medlock Adams show readers how the famous moments and personalities of the Indiana Hoosiers can inspire them to reach for success, overcome adversity, be a great team member, and more. Readers will be inspired by a year's worth of stories featuring fierce rivalries with Purdue and Kentucky and legendary players and coaches such as Steve Alford, Isiah Thomas, Calbert Cheaney, George McGinnis, Branch McCracken, and Bobby Knight. Heart of a Hoosier will entertain and motivate every fan who bleeds Cream & Crimson. Relive the triumphs, groan at the losses, and revel in great traditions!
Heroes
What makes HEROES unique is that author Ralph Wimbish puts himself into many of his stories, a perspective we do not often see in sports writing today. Wimbish's recollections of the sports figures he met as a youngster and later in a 37-year career as a newspaperman make for riveting reading. His father was Dr. Ralph M. Wimbish, a prominent figure in the NAACP's efforts to rid the South of racial discrimination in the late '50s and early '60s. Wimbish the writer has some interesting observations and previously untold stories about Black athletes such as Jackie Robinson, Curt Flood, Elston Howard, Tiger Woods and others. HEROES is a collection of stories about stories - sitting with 1956 perfect-game pitcher Don Larsen while watching David Cone's 1999 perfect game is a perfect example. These are stories you wish you had been able to read earlier. Now you can.
Diving Physiology In Plain English
For all divers, beginner through instructor, search and rescue teams, training departments, health care providers, and family of divers. Complex topics translated into understanding. Fun stories and illustrated glossary.Clear information to understand (not memorize) physiology and medicine, and apply to safer decompression, thermal, equipment, gas mixing, fitness to dive, nutrition, rescue, injuries, and to demystify the many claims and counterclaims in diving.Topics in each chapter were selected from questions divers ask most frequently. In non-technical language this book explains the mysterious terminology of decompression tables and computers, reasons for interesting changes in your body underwater, effects of diving in cold water and in hot conditions, the interesting hows and whys behind diving maladies, Interesting facts like why decompression bubbles can be helpful in your body, free radicals and oxygen toxicity - will anti-oxidant vitamins protect against the oxidants involved in toxicity and more, how to get in shape for diving, and important nutrition topics for divers. An inclusive book with sections not only about women, but issues for men divers too including effects of pressure on penile and testicular implants, hair replacements, fertility, hernias, more...There is a large, annotated glossary. More than a handy reference of definitions, it includes word derivations, key concepts, and fun stories behind the people and information. With the information in this book you will be better equipped to make sense of the many claims and counterclaims in diving physiology. You will be better prepared to understand more advanced training classes. You will have information to make informed decisions concerning decompression tables and computers, be a healthier, fitter diver, and avoid diving injuries. You'll even learn neat scuba knowledge tidbits just for fun.
Understanding Your RV’s HOLDING TANKS
Third Edition --- Welcome to an educational and entertaining encounter with your RV's "temporary" holding tanks. This Primer is explicitly designed to teach you, "What you don't know about your holding tanks!" --- Written for all RV enthusiasts, especially those who are: Initially "CONSIDERING" RVing. Just "BEGINNING" their RVing experience, Have been "CAMPING for YEARS," or, Living the dream of "FULL-TIMING." --- The information within will clearly demonstrate that an RV's sanita-tion plumbing system is NOT like a house's sanitation plumbing system and give everyone the background to understand why the dreaded bio-waste management "chores" must be conscientiously accomplished each and every time. --- Additionally, this Primer endeavors to establish a good working knowledge of the black and gray holding tanks that will enable every reader to start thinking in terms of "required sequence of preparation and use," and, thereby, prevent the exasperating, "I DON'T KNOW. . . IT JUST WON'T DRAIN!" or "OH, WOW! DOES THAT STINK!!" --- The included Editorial Comments are based on the author's sixty years of experience using and living in RVs (including more than a decade of recent "full-time" RVing) and conducting the business of repairing RVs. Now, he is concentrating on educating the RV owners. --- Also included are many tips and tricks on how to help your RV'S "temporary" holding tanks work more efficiently. (Especially the honest answer to tank treatment!) --- The ladies are especially encouraged to read everything between this book's covers. Then they will understand just how their RV's "temporary" holding tanks really work, as well as how to safely use and maintain them.
Travel Junkies 1 Part 1
Henry and Barbara Intili on their first book of adventures to the beautiful places in our world. Iceland, Australia, Alaska and the Yukon start their journeys.
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing
Improve your angling skills with this comprehensive guide for beginners and experts alike A licensed guide in the UK, John Symonds fishes with anglers of all talent levels, from rank beginners to experienced old-timers. He has seen the common mistakes that many fly fishers make and, over the years, has developed lessons that help anglers overcome their mistakes and really improve their fly-fishing prowess. In this book, Symonds teaches: Basic skills, from stringing your fly rod to tying on backing, fly line, leader, and tippet How to make casts for a variety of stream and lake conditions How to figure out what fish are feeding on, and then picking the proper imitation How to determine where fish are in lake or river Tips on using dry flies, nymphs, streamers, and caddis imitations And much, much more! Symonds learned to fly fish through trial and error. As he did, he came to realize that finding good, basic information was difficult to come by. He fills that niche with this helpful little guidebook that is guaranteed to elevate your level of fishing.
Understanding Your RV’s APPLIANCES
Fifth Edition. --- Welcome to an educational and entertaining encounter with your RV's "unique" appliances. This book is explicitly designed to get all RVers thinking in a DIFFERENT direction. --- Written for those who are Initially "CONSIDERING" RVing, Those who are just "BEGINNING" their RVing experience, Those who have been "CAMPING" for years, and, Those who are Living the dream of "FULL-TIMING". --- The information within will clearly demonstrate that an RV appliance is NOT a house appliance, and give everyone the background to understand why some "things" in an RV just don't seem to function the way one might expect them to. --- This Primer additionally endeavors to establish a good working knowledge of each RV unique appliance and enable every reader to start thinking in terms of "normal sequence of operation," and, thereby, prevent the exasperating, "I DON'T KNOW. . .IT JUST QUIT!!!" --- The included Editorial Comments are based on the author's many years of hands-on experience; using and living in RVs, conducting the business of repairing RVs, and also specializing in educating the RV owners. --- Also included are lots of "tips and tricks" on how to help your RV unique appliances work more efficiently. (Especially the honest answer to preventing the build-up of "fin" ice!) --- The ladies are especially encouraged to read everything between this book's covers. Then they will understand just how their RV unique appliances really work and enjoy "living" with them.
My Journeys
There are many paths that make up "The Camino de Santiago de Compostela". Each of them has its own charm and peculiarity. They also offer the pilgrim freedom, space, beauty, knowledge, adventure, and the opportunity to find oneself. Perhaps that is why the Camino traps us and we have to repeat it over and over again. The Chicamocha Canyon, like the Camino, has its unique charms and beauty. Every step one takes in the Canyon is a treat to our senses. But you have to be careful with this wonder of nature. Its spells could seduce us and stun the senses. After having traveled these roads, life changes and the world is seen from another perspective.
My Journeys
There are many paths that make up "The Camino de Santiago de Compostela". Each of them has its own charm and peculiarity. They also offer the pilgrim freedom, space, beauty, knowledge, adventure, and the opportunity to find oneself. Perhaps that is why the Camino traps us and we have to repeat it over and over again. The Chicamocha Canyon, like the Camino, has its unique charms and beauty. Every step one takes in the Canyon is a treat to our senses. But you have to be careful with this wonder of nature. Its spells could seduce us and stun the senses. After having traveled these roads, life changes and the world is seen from another perspective.
The Optimist
An "excellent" (The New York Times) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide to the art, philosophy, and rituals of fly fishing, by an expert, lifelong angler. In The Optimist, David Coggins makes a case for the skills and sensibility of an enduring sport and shares the secrets, frustrations, and triumphs of the great tradition of fly fishing, which has captivated anglers worldwide. Written in wry, wise, and keenly observed prose, each chapter focuses on a specific place, fish, and skill. Few individuals, for example, have the visual acuity required to catch the nearly invisible bonefish of the Bahamas flats. Or the patience to land the elusive Atlantic salmon, "the fish of a thousand casts," in eastern Canada. Pursuing these challenges, Coggins, "a confirmed obsessive," travels to one fishing paradise after another, including the great rivers of Patagonia, private chalk streams in England, remote ponds in Maine, and New York City's Jamaica Bay. In each setting, he chronicles his fortunes and misfortunes with honesty and humor while meditating on how fishing teaches focus, inner stillness, and a connection to the natural world. Perfect for the novice, the enthusiastic amateur, and the devoted angler alike, The Optimist offers a practical path to enlightenment while providing "a rueful, thoughtful, and very funny examination of an elegant obsession" (Jay McInerney).
Camping Oregon
Fully updated and revised, this guide details information on over 600 public campgrounds in Oregon accessible by car. It's a guide for everyone from tenters to RVers.
Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
Witty, shrewd, and always a joy to read, John Gierach, "America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, has earned the following of "legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life" (Kirkus Reviews). "After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns, [John Gierach] is still a master" (Forbes). Now, in his latest original collection, Gierach shows us why fly-fishing is the perfect antidote to everything that is wrong with the world. "Gierach's deceptively laconic prose masks an accomplished storyteller...His alert and slightly off-kilter observations place him in the general neighborhood of Mark Twain and James Thurber" (Publishers Weekly). In Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just knew he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is "an acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives." Lifelong fisherman though he is, Gierach can write with self-deprecating humor about his own fishing misadventures, confessing that despite all his experience, he is still capable of blowing a strike by a fish "in the usual amateur way." "Arguably the best fishing writer working" (The Wall Street Journal), Gierach offers witty, trenchant observations not just about fly-fishing itself but also about how one's love of fly-fishing shapes the world that we choose to make for ourselves.
Best Easy Day Hikes Milwaukee, Second Edition
Best Easy Day Hikes Milwaukee includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.
Best Easy Day Hikes Boulder, 3rd Edition
Best Easy Day Hikes Boulder, Third Edition includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow trails, for an accessible range of abilities.LOOK INSIDE TO FIND- Casual hikes to full-day adventures- Hikes for everyone, including families - Mile-by-mile directions and clear trail maps - GPS coordinates
Camping Michigan
Camping Michigan provides readers with useful information across all aspects of camping, both in general and specific to the Michigan area. Within each of the campground listings is vital information on location, road conditions, fees, reservations, available facilities, recreational activities camping etiquette, camping with children and the state's diverse and abundant wildlife.
Dead Reckoning
It's easier to stay alive if you know what's out there. That's the philosophy behind Dead Reckoning, an honest, unflinching, sometimes-thrilling collection of close calls and catastrophes in the Great Outdoors. Emma Walker's narrative nonfiction covers outdoor activities ranging from hiking to sea kayaking to backcountry skiing, all in accessible, easy-to-understand terms. At the end of each chapter, she distills lessons learned for staying safe in the outdoors--all with a relatable (and occasionally vulnerable) twist.
Happy Outdoors
Hunting and fishing is a way of life in South Carolina. This is especially true in the low country. This part of our state is a sportsman's paradise. I know that for a fact since this area is my home. I've spent countless hours in the woods waiting on a buck and just as many on the coast searching for redfish. This time represents a large chunk of my life. It seems like my inspiration for this book would have come from the solitude of nature. I'm sure it has for many other writers. However, this one was born on the Dawhoo River with the help of one perfectly timed conversation. It was a lively talk to say the least. Happy Outdoors captures that fun conversation and plenty of outdoor tales. Clifford Jardine Ray III (Dean) grew up in Denmark, South Carolina. He was blessed from day one to live on the family farm. The farm offered him unlimited hunting opportunities and free time in the outdoors. Dean graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. He now lives in Beech Island, South Carolina with his wife, Lisa, and their two boys. When the boys aren't playing sports, you can often find the family swimming on the Edisto River.
The Complete Sailing Manual
A new and updated edition of the only sailing manual that you will ever need.Whether you're a seasoned seafarer or just starting out, this fully revised and updated sailing manual is perfect for all levels of experience. Learn how to handle any sailing situation with thorough coverage of all aspects of sailing and boat ownership Inside the pages of this new edition of the go-to guide about sailing and boat maintenance, you'll discover: - Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of sailing practice written by an expert sailor - Fully updated contents with the latest information and advice, and technological developments - A chapter by chapter approach that functions as a complete tuition course on seamanship - Authoritative text, clear, annotated diagrams, and action photographs - A reliable, instant, and user-friendly handbook for any sailing situation - Foreword by quadruple Olympic gold medalist, Sir Ben Ainslie Former British national champion Steve Sleight offers a wealth of expert advice and guidance in the form of a complete tuition course on seamanship. The Complete Sailing Manual is the ultimate sailing handbook that is packed with engaging essential information and breathtaking action photography. Handy diagrams, step-by-step artwork, and instructions will teach you all the latest sailing techniques. This updated edition features all of the latest developments in sailing including foiling, long-distance cruising, and high-speed apparent-wind sailing and navigation. Explore new developments in sailing equipment such as modern performance systems, electronic navigation, and ways to use alternative energy on board. Explore the latest rules, regulations, and best practices from collision regulations to safety equipment. This essential sailing book is necessary for every keen sailor, from beginner to expert!
The Electric Bike Manifesto
Climate change, growing energy crises, rampant pollution, rising obesity... our world is spiraling out of control in practically every direction. But all is not lost, for the solution to all of these problems and more lies in one unassuming device: the humble electric bicycle. And never before has the key to humanity's survival been this fun!
Sailing Around the World
A retired, Canadian firefighter with a dream of adventure sails his new boat from The Virgin Islands to Grenada, and then across the Caribbean Sea to the USA. Picking up his 2 dogs he continues up and down the east coast and across the Bahamas, gaining experience as a dream of circumnavigating the planet begins to form. A true story beginning in 2012, this first half concludes with the B矇n矇teau 423 being outfitted in North Carolina in 2015, ready to depart for Panama. Dramatic, often moving, or incredibly funny, it is a tale of confronting the unknown, told with heart. With 14 FULL COLOUR photographs.
Campward Ho! A Manual For Girl Scout Camps
Campward Ho! A Manual For Girl Scout Camps, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Bass, Pike, Perch, And Others
Bass, Pike, Perch, And Others, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Camping For Boys
Camping For Boys, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Time in the Year of the Bluebird
Time in Year of the Bluebird is a real-time account of the circumstances that lead a man to walk the Pacific Crest Trail in honor of his ailing mother. As much an homage, a travelogue, and a treatise on the natural world, it lures the reader over the switchbacks at a blazing clip alongside the realities and mysteries of a thru-hike; packed with all the logistics, challenges, trail magic, aftermath, and for any seeker, an honest level of commentary about the paths we forge, forget, and often rediscover deep in the woods.
Camping
Camping, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Camps And Trails
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Rough Seas
A trawlerman's life was hard, often up against bad weather, rough seas and black frosts, although on calm days it was a pleasure to be at sea. In this eventful memoir, deep-sea trawlerman James Greene relates his life at sea, from his childhood when his father would take him out in some of the worst gales and hurricanes imaginable to his early career as a deckhand learner, obtaining his skipper's ticket, and the many experiences - both disastrous and otherwise - to occur throughout his time at sea. During his career he was involved in ship collisions and fires, arrested for poaching, fired upon by Icelandic gunboats, in countless storms and even swept overboard in icy conditions off the Russian coast. The British trawling industry is largely a bygone age and people are beginning to forget the adventures, hardships and joys that characterised this most dangerous of professions. This book seeks to keep the memories of a once great industry alive.
Voyage of the Liberdade
Captain Slocum's South American sailing adventureAmerican mariner Joshua Slocum is best remembered for his 1895 solo circumnavigation of the world and the bestselling book, now a classic of sailing literature, that ensued, 'Sailing Alone Around the World'. That epic voyage in the sloop, 'Spray' was not, however, Slocum's first great sailing adventure or the first of them which he recounted in a book. Following the loss of his ship off the coast of South America, Slocum salvaged enough material from the wreckage to build another craft which he and his family sailed through the Caribbean to return to the United States. This brave little 35ft boat was launched on May 13th, 1888 and named 'The Liberdade' to celebrate, on that same day, the abolition of slavery in Brazil. Slocum has rarely been surpassed as a narrator of nautical adventures and the 'Voyage of the Liberdade' is a riveting and essential companion work to 'Sailing Alone around the World'.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
Stark Tables
Celestial navigation is a way to find your latitude and longitude on earth using a sextant to measure the angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon. It has been used by mariners at sea and explorers on land for three hundred years, and it is still used today as a dependable backup to modern electronic navigation. Routine celestial navigation relies upon accurate time (Universal Time) to find the longitude of a position (latitude does not require time). Advanced celestial navigators can find longitude without knowing the time using a technique called Lunar Distance. In this technique, the sextant is used to measure the angular (diagonal) distance between the moon and another celestial body. Since this distance slowly changes as the moon moves eastward though the stars, it can be used to find the time of day that is needed to complete the longitude determination. The process of finding longitude from lunar distance, however, requires special tables that have not been published in the Nautical Almanac or other sources since the early 1900s. Although software solutions have been available, most advanced celestial navigators are very grateful to navigation historian Bruce Stark for creating these printed tables dedicated to this task. They have been used and tested by mariners for more than 15 years and are praised by experts for their ingenuity and ease of use in solving this complex navigation exercise-which all agree is the hallmark of an expert celestial navigator. With The Stark Tables in your nav station, you no longer have to fear losing power to your electronic navigation aids, nor are you dependent on accurate time from any official broadcast. Besides their practical use in back up navigation, historians have used these tables for years to interpret the logbooks of Lewis and Clark, David Thompson, James Cook, Matthew Flinders, George Vancouver, Nathaniel Bowditch, and other notable explorers and sea captains. "It is remarkable in this day when the very survival of celestial navigation seems in question, that an individual should suddenly appear on the scene and present to the world such a brilliant piece of work. Stark has rendered a great service to the celestial navigation community." - Robert Eno, The Navigator's Newsletter "Captain Cook would have relished using these tables, had they been available to him then." - George Huxtable, FRIN
Keep on Moving!
REVISED AND UPDATED 2021A senior citizen's look at the new, fascinating and ever-changing world of rollators, adult bikes, mobile scooters, recumbent trikes, and electric bikes. The book's message is simple and direct: get up, get out, and keep on rolling down life's highway. Smart advice for seniors and physically disabled people who want to stay mobile and active. - - - This book chronicles one senior citizen's struggle to maintain his independence when he is forced, at age 85, to stop driving. In an effort to maintain his mobility and avoid the ever-threatening wheelchair, he plunges into a search for something -- be it a rollator, recumbent bike or adult trike -- to substitute for the loss of his beloved car, his personal chariot. He knows that bikes of all sorts are used for transportation and commuting in Europe. Why not here? In the process he creates a beginner's guide to alternatives to driving for the millions of folks worldwide faced with the problem of slowly declining health. What choices are before them if they wish to keep moving, stay active and remain in close communion with nature and the great outdoors?
The Motu Mob
Collected here are stories from one man's lifetime of hunting adventures in the New Zealand bush. From the warm sunlit shores of the Woodhill State Forest just outside of the Auckland metropolis down to the frozen climes of deepest Stewart Island, whether it was chasing the elusive and wily Sika or stalking the majestic Red Deer, Clive Sutton spent his life hunting them all.This collection of short entertaining stories will offer the reader an insight into what it was and is like to hunt the great New Zealand outdoors.
A Sporting Year in Maine
Like most outdoorsmen and women, Tom Roth tries to pack as much into each season as he can. As a 25-year regional columnist for The Maine Sportsman, New England's largest outdoor publication, Tom wrote of his adventures month by month. In A Sporting Year In Maine, Tom walks you through each month, detailing what the great state of Maine has to offer, complete with how-to, some where-to, and a healthy dose of humorous events that happened along the way. Written in his folksy, conversational tone, Tom brings the reader along on all his forays and will entertain sporting and non-sporting folks alike. His book also includes chapters on his home base of Sebago Lake where he guides anglers, dogs that came and went, boats and motors and traveling adventures. If you want to to know what a real Maine outdoorsman does all year, pick up a copy of A Sporting Year In Maine and see for yourself.
Above The Snow Line
Above The Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 And 1880, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Trucker’s Guide for the Beginning Truck Driver
This guide is for individuals looking to become a truck driver or just graduated from truck driving school. The information in this guide will go well beyond what you learn in truck driving school or from a driver trainer. The guide is not for preparation to take the CDL exams, it is for information about different trucking procedures and what you should know as a beginning truck driver.- Learn about different types of truck driving jobs and how to find the right one for you.- Learn what you should know and what to look for when searching for a truck driving job.- Learn about loading, unloading, and weight distribution procedures.- Learn the different basic procedures used at Shipping and Receiving facilities- Learn about cargo container terminals and intermodal procedures.- The information in this guide will help you to succeed as a truck driver.
One More Step
Chandra, a CEO, is impressed with the discipline, dedication and determination of a teenage mountaineer. When he tries to imbibe those qualities in his students, he ends up creating a world record by taking the largest contingent of students to the Everest Base Camp. In this triumphant memoir, he recounts his meeting with Jaahnavi planning the trek, convincing the students' parents and the training, followed by the actual trek to the EBC. In addition to Chandra's unbridled enthusiasm, "One More Step" evokes the serene, treacherous and imposing landscape of Nepal and the Sagarmatha. It also gives us a sneak peek into how the students metamorphize into leaders, when the situation arises. What happened after the trek? How did the lives of students transform? The book has it all.
