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Every Backpacker Needs to Understand These Principles!
4 out of 8 people found this review helpful
This book has quickly become a classic for the orientation of beginning backpackers. "The Ray Way," isn't really unique, when viewed in the light of what used to be the norm in the 1960's (... read full review
Colin Fletcher's Final Work on Hiking and Backpacking
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This is the fourth in Colin Fletcher's "Complete Walker" series, having been updated as gear, environmental awareness, and techniques changed. His first Complete Walker was written in the 1960... read full review
This is the third "Complete Walker," which updates and expands the material in "The Complete Walker (c. 1968)" and "More Complete Walker." I'm reviewing this book (... read full review
It has been decades since I first opened my first copy of this book (the Second Edition in 1970). At the time, I was in high school and almost every penny I earned went into my first car -- a white 1962 Volksw... read full review
A Good Addition to Your Backpacking/Outdoors Library...
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Chris Townsend has backpacked, literally, around the world. If Colin Fletcher's "Complete Walker IV" is a standard reference for backpacking in the United States, perhaps "The Advanced Back... read full review
Sure, there are other survival manuals out there, but this one is the textbook the United States Air Force Para-Jumpers use to learn their craft. These are the elite folks who perform Combat Search and Rescue!... read full review
Of all the Field Manuals the Army issued to me over the years, this is one of the few that I haven't given or thrown away. It's designed for soldiers to study and to carry as a reference, especially ... read full review
The Best Book for Backpackers keeps getting better...
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This is the fourth in Colin Fletcher's "Complete Walker" series, having been updated as gear, environmental awareness, and techniques changed. His first Complete Walker was written in the 1960... read full review