The Complete Walker IV
The eighteen years since the publication of The Complete Walker III have seen revolutionary changes in hiking and camping equipment: developments in waterproofing technology, smaller and more durable stoves, lighter boots, more manageable tents, and a wider array of food options. The equipment recommendations are therefore not merely revised and tweaked, but completely revamped. During these two decades we have also seen a deepening of environmental consciousness. Not only has backpacking become more popular, but a whole ethic of responsible outdoorsmanship has emerged. In this book the authors confidently lead us through these technological, ethical, and spiritual changes.
Fletcher and Rawlins’s thorough appraisal and recommendation of equipment begins with a “Ground Plan,” a discussion of general hiking preparedness. How much to bring? What are the ideal clothes, food, boots, and tents for your trip? They evaluate each of these variables in detail—including open, honest critiques and endorsements of brand-name equipment. Their equipment searches are exhaustive; they talk in detail about everything from socks to freeze-dried trail curries.
They end as they began, with a philosophical and literary disquisition on the reasons to walk, capped off with a delightful collection of quotes about walking and the outdoor life. After a thoughtful and painstaking analysis of hiking gear from hats to boots, from longjohns to tent flaps, they remind us that ultimately hiking is about the experience of being outdoors and seeing the green world anew.
Like its predecessors, The Complete Walker IV is an essential purchase for anyone captivated by the outdoor life.
From the Hardcover edition.
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28 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
The title says it all
Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about the art and application of walking with your "house" on your back.
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
If I could choose 1 book on backpacking, this would be it
I checked this book out from the local library, along with several other books on backpacking. This one, by far, was the most in-depth, realistic and FUN to read book. Not only does it give you information on choosing gear, leave-no-trace...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Well written and a world of experience to pass on.
This is a solid book of information, a great resource. A ton of good reading and reliable wisdom. You could use this book to train anyone to hit the trail, you just may not want to carry it, it's BIG! Highly Recommended.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Very little use to me
I brought this book in the hopes it would tell me about walking. I was very disappointed that it appears to simply be a gear guide. If you are into that good, but it's not all that useful for someone like me. A sleeping bag is a sleeping bag I...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 26, 2007 Type: User Review |
Still the best! Not called "the hikers Bible" for nothing.
This is the fourth edition of a book which first came out in 1968, which I read probably around 1970, and which as the name implies is all about walking. Or more accurately about hiking, backpacking and camping in all sorts of environments and...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
Incomplete Walker: a tale of two books
I bought this book based on its overwhelmingly positive reviews. Having read the book, I can understand the effusive praise: there are certainly many parts that are deserving. In the best parts of the book, the writers definitely draw the...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
I am in a coffee shop...
I feel like I am in a local Portland coffee shop listening to two guys go back and forth about what they like and don't like, with not much sense to what they are trying to do. There are much better books out there and you may find this one...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
A stealth book on snow camping - worth another read
The first time I read through this edition of The Complete Walker IV in 2002, I was a little mind numbed by page after page of gear talk, well done but doomed to obsolescence by the relentless march of time. I didn't feel I had anything to add to...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 16, 2006 Type: User Review |
I like Walker III better
It seems that Colin Fletcher has relinquished too much in this edition to his coauthor. Understandably he is no longer a gearhead and lets Chip Rawlins review equipment. Rawlins has at least as much text in these pages as Fletcher so be prepared...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 03, 2006 Type: User Review |
Plain and Simple...THE BACKPACKING BIBLE!!
Not only is this book a treasure trove of information, it is an absolute joy to read. I have grown up with this book and I have had every edition of it since it's inception. There are other very good backpacking books out there but this is still...
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