Long-Distance Hiking: Lessons from the Appalachian Trail
- ISBN-10
- 0070444587
- ISBN-13
- 9780070444584
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-11-01
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Professional
- Author
- Roland Mueser
Description
Blending sage advice with personal experiences and anecdotes, this unconventional book is an unusually thoughtful account of long-distance trekking on the Appalachian Trail. Mueser draws upon interviews and questionnaire data gathered from over 100 long distance hikers hoofing it through the Applachian Mountains.
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- 1997-11-22
- 192 pages
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