Trailside Guide Scuba Diving

Trailside Guide Scuba Diving
Author: Karen Berger
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780393319446

Gives practical advice on SCUBA diving, including choosing a dive school, getting certified, snorkeling, safety, how to descend, where to dive, underwater photography, night diving, and several other SCUBA topics.

Trailside Guide Rock Climbing

Trailside Guide Rock Climbing
Author: Don Mellor
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-12-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780393316537

Demonstrates safe climbing techniques, and tells how to transfer skills learned on practice walls to the outdoors.

Trailside Canoeing

Trailside Canoeing
Author: Gordon Grant
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1997
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780393314892

Discusses gear, strokes, camping by canoe, rules of moving water, white water, and water safety.

Fly Fishing

Fly Fishing
Author: John Merwin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1996
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780393314762

The allure of fly fishing lies in its elegance and simplicity; there are easier ways to catch fish, but none is more rewarding. This guide provides step-by-step color instructions for fly fishing, from the basics of casting, knot tying, and stream reading to priceless tips on how to find and catch trout, bass, salmon, and saltwater fish on a fly. Color photos & drawings.

Snowshoeing

Snowshoeing
Author: Larry Olmsted
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1997
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780393317206

The ancient, elegantly useful snowshoe has taken the outdoor sports scene by storm. With sales of snowshoes more than doubling every year this decade, snowshoeing rivals its trendy cousin snowboarding as the fastest growing winter sport in the United States.

More Everyday Wisdom

More Everyday Wisdom
Author: Karen Berger
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780898868999

Want to know why a forest smells different before it starts to rain? Or how long a pair of hiking boots should actually last? Find these answers and more in this pack-perfect book.More Everyday Wisdom provides brilliant improvisations for worst-case scenarios and advice to avoid the most common (and obscure) problems. These backcountry basics will help you plan your trips, become a better problem-solver, and learn to how to stay comfortable.

Advanced Backpacking

Advanced Backpacking
Author: Karen Berger
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1998
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780393317695

An expert long-distance backpacker shares secrets of the world's elite trekkers to make every hiker's adventure safer and more enjoyable.