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Author
Publisher
FalconGuides
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Short, to-the-point, and humorously illustrated by famed outdoor illustrator Mike Clelland, this book presents everything hikers and backpackers need to be safe, comfortable, and well fed while carrying a very small and lightweight pack"--
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a backpacking trip with her aunt and uncle, a young girl collects rocks while hiking in the forest, by the river, and at the lake, but when her pack becomes too heavy too carry, she finds the perfect solution.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily is having the time of her life--she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of their trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she'd been flirting with attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly...
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback/Beyond Words
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One part memoir, one part guidebook, The Mystical Backpacker invites readers to explore their own inner terrain as they learn how to create their own unique version of a modern day walk-about or vision quest. Tired of living a life crafted in response to expectations, Hannah Papp quit her job, bought a EuroRail ticket and a map, notified her landlady, and left town. Embarking on a 3-month long journey across Europe with no plan and no direction, Hannah...
Author
Series
Adventures of Wilder Good volume 5
Publisher
Paul Dry Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Every boy has it in his soul to make the big trip. Alone, into the wild. Wilder feels the call after reading about an obsidian deposit on a forgotten bluff in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. If he can find the glassy, black, volcanic rock, he'll be able to replace his family's most cherished heirloom. Wilder wants to prove that he can make the journey alone, but his parents make him bring his best friend Big, and a new kid called Corndog. With no adults...
14) Guide to hiking the North Country Trail in MN: across prairies, the North Woods, and the wilderness
Publisher
North Country Trail Association
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Explore the silence of lake country in the Boundary Waters' long, cold winter. Stop to enjoy the amazing spring wildflower show under the hardwood forest's canopy in the Chippewa National Forest. See a hawk swoop down over the vibrant green prairie to grab a mouse. Take a break in an oldgrowth pine forest older than our nation in Itasca. Stop to watch a raging river plummeting down toward Lake Superior on the North Shore. Enjoy the beauty of Minnesota's...
16) The Royal Hotel
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary job at '"The Royal Hotel." Soon, Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
Author
Publisher
Black Rose Writing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike "the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world," the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they "adopt" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the thrill of walking through a towering waterfall, and the joy...
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