The book was revised and retitled in 1999 as beyond backpacking, and revised and retitled again in 2009 as trail. Longdistance hiker, designer and builder of aerospace composite kayaks, baja and arctic alaska sea kayaker, canadian barrenlands canoeist. Ray jardine and the revolution of lightweight wilderness travel. Welcome to ray way products, by ray and jenny jardine. Longdistance hiker, designer and builder of aerospace composite kayaks, baja and arctic alaska sea kayaker, canadian barrenlands canoeist, crosscountry hang glider pilot. Ray jardines guide to lightweight hiking by ray jardine with fast free shipping on every used book we have in. Beyond backpacking is a followup to his book are how to hike the pacific crest trail. From the humble beta version of the pct hikers handbook to the current rendition of trail life, and on into the future, the books history confirms that backpacking can be enjoyable and relatively safe with a lighterweight approach. It is the enthusiasm of todays hikers and campers that continues to keep this book fresh and young. Flip through beyond backpacking and youll see photos of jardine hiking deep in the wilds with a pack about the size of a book bag slung over. Trail life, the ray way tarp book essential, beyond backpacking, siku kayak, the pct hikers handbook. Trail life could be the most important book about backpacking that you will ever read. Ray way products make your own hiking and camping gear.
The pacific crest trail hikers handbook hit like a thunderclap for countless backpackers current, wannabe and former when it was published. Id been following his tips for 10 years or more used a tarp. There are a few names that have revolutionized the sport of backpacking, ed garvey, colin fletcher, harvey manning and of course the master of lightweight backpacking ray jardine. Reviewers who complain that it is preachy are taking it. Ray jardine played a significant role in popularizing an ultralight approach to backpacking. Like rays previous books, beyond backpacking is unique.
When jardine first published the pacific crest trail hikers handbook in 1992 and then came out with a substantially revised version in 1995, he challenged some longheld beliefs about the proper way to backpack. Ray jardines new book trail life ive been a ray jardine fan ever since i read his first book, the pacific crest trail hikers handbook, back around 1995. Manual on planning and preparing for hikes of the pacific crest. When he came out with beyond backpacking in 1999, i snatched it up and again devoured his tips. In this book, ray jardine lays out his tested and true methods of backpacking. The book, a howto manual for any longdistance hike and not just a guide to the pacific crest trail. Rj states how he does it, what he has found that works for him, and he shares it with the reader.
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