Advanced Backpacking: A Trailside Guide

Advanced Backpacking: A Trailside Guide
ISBN-10
0393317692
ISBN-13
9780393317695
Category
Sports & Recreation
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Karen Berger

Description

A reference for advanced backpackers covers expedition planning and supplies

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