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Feather River Country Adventure Trails
From short hikes to challenging all-day-to-the-mountaintop routes, the uncrowded Feather River country of the northern Sierra offers lush wildflower meadows, spectaculer peaks, cascading rivers, and spooky towns haunted by miners. Tom DeMund, an avid Feather River hiker since 1965, shows you the best 100 hikes in California's Lakes Basin, and Feather and Yuba river watersheds. Directions to trailheads, distances, elevations, highlights, detailed descriptions, and color maps; winter trail information for snowshoers and skiers. Information on backpack campsites helps plan overnight excursions and "The Best Trails" feature helps you choose a hike.
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Firescaping
Douglas Kent
One in four Californians is at risk of encountering a wildfire. Since 1990, 53 lives and more than 11,000 structures in California have been lost to wildfires, costing local and state economies millions of dollars.
Many homes are landscaped and gardened in a way that actually increases the risk of wildfire damage. Firescaping, Creating fire-resistant landscapes, gardens, and properties in California’s diverse environments is a practical, hands-on guide to help lower that risk. Its fresh, reality-based perspective gives simple, achievable strategies for those who want to reduce their garden’s fire hazard, while promoting its long-term health and function.
This book describes what types of properties and landscapes are higher-risk, how to make a home more accessible to fire-fighters, and what to do to minimize the chances that a home will be damaged or destroyed by a wildfire. It covers fire-safe fencing and roofing materials, has tips on using water efficiently, gives best methods of effective vegetation removal, and provides versatile and comprehensive plant lists and maintenance calendars useful for those living in California’s diverse climate zones.
Professionals from fire-protection agencies as well as landscape and architecture experts have contributed to ,Firescaping, to make it a complete and essential resource.
Endorsed by AAA Homeowners Insurance.
Any Western homeowner who lives in an area that is at risk for wildfires needs a copy of this book.
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First Descents: In Search of Wild Rivers
Dropping into the unknown on a rubber raft, hurled and beaten against rocks and cliff walls through narrow canyon chutes, only to round a blind bend, go vertical on a 10-foot standing wave, and flip over backwards into a seething, deafening cauldron of near-freezing whitewater… Such is the life of the brave souls who dare commit themselves to ride the backs of surging untried rivers.
Captured vividly in the words of the adventurers and original photography from the expeditions, First Descents brings together the world’s most respected river explorers. Including true tales from Richard Bangs, Yvon Chouinard, Payson Kennedy, Jeff Rennicke, David Roberts, Royal Robbins, Tao Berman, John Yost, and other adventurers, this newly revised and expanded version of the classic released in 1989 is more spine tingling than ever. Readers will travel to exotic, rugged, and fearful places such as Upper Canyon Johnson Falls in Canada, the Pandi River in Papua New Guinea, the Ikopa River in Madagascar, the ever-challenging Niagara Gorge in New York, the Colorado River in Arizona, the Baro River in Ethiopia, the Indus in Pakistan, and the Kongakut in Alaska.
First Descents captures the excitement, fear, and elation of more than four decades of river exploration.
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Fishing's Greatest Misadventures (Paperback)
Fishing’s Greatest Misadventures presents 25 larger-than-life true stories covering the spectrum of fish tales, from terrifying to comical to downright bizarre. Everyday fishermen, journalists, and pros tell their stories of freak accidents, fish attacks, sabotage, pranks, getting lost at sea, idiotic decisions, eerie incidents, and other jaw-dropping calamities. This book takes you from the freshwater to the sea with stories about every form of angling, from fly-casting for trout to noodling for catfish, and big game sport fishing to casting for the unknown.
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Five-Star Trails Around Lake Tahoe
Jordan Summers
Covering the region surrounding the 22-mile long lake, author Jordan Summers guides hikers along 40 of the region’s best trails - all located within 25 miles of Lake Tahoe’s shoreline.
Trekkers can easily find the perfect hike with the complete trail descriptions for 27 dayhike and 13 overnight destinations. An accurate map, directions to the trailhead with coordinates for GPS use, and an elevation profile of each trail prepare hikers with the full picture of the route ahead.
Generally intended for outdoors-people of all ages and abilities, Five-Star Trails Around Lake Tahoe describes great hikes from the Desolation, Mt. Rose, Granite Chief, and Mokelumne Wilderness areas and along sections of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and portions of the Tahoe Rim Trail. While ranging across forest- and granite-covered terrain to over a dozen peaks and several dozen lakes, hike profiles include details on natural history, geologic features, and places of historic note.
With Five-Star Trails Around Lake Tahoe, hikers will follow in the footsteps of pioneers such as Kit Carson and the historic Donner Party along the Pony Express Trail and the Emigrant Trail, often with stunning vistas of Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay, Fallen Leaf Lake, or the Crystal Range.
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Five-Star Trails in the Adirondacks: A Guide to the Most Beautiful Hikes
Tim Starmer
The Adirondack Park is an immense wilderness encompassing over 9,375 square miles. It is nearly as large as Vermont and larger than five other states. In fact, it is larger than the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Great Smoky Mountains, and Big Bend National Parks combined. Within its boundaries are rugged mountains, countless pristine lakes and ponds, seemingly endless forests, and thousands of miles of wild rivers providing an infinite number of outdoor adventures.
With thousands of miles of hiking trails weaving throughout this precious wild resource, it is a hiker’s paradise. So whether you prefer easy strolls in the deep woods, panoramic views atop mountains, the calm of picturesque lakes, the drama of turbulent waterfalls or the excitement of bone-crunching vertical ascents and descents, Five-Star Trails in the Adirondacks covers them all.
Each hike features an individual trail map, elevation profile, and at-a-glance information, helping readers quickly find the perfect trip. Sized to fit in a pocket, the book's detailed trail descriptions will help readers find their way on and off the trail. Driving directions and GPS trailhead coordinates will help with navigating the myriad of unnamed roads. The trails covered range from those best suited to the novice, families, experienced hikers, or backpackers.
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Fixing Your Feet
John Vonhof
Too often athletes spend vast amounts of money, time, and energy on training, equipment, and travel, but little or no preparation on their feet. The highly successful Fixing Your Feet has been revised and updated to make it an even more complete source of information about proper foot care for the runner, hiker, adventure racer, or any athlete. Learn to be proactive in preventing foot problems through proper techniques, reactive with treatments when problems develop, and what supplies and resources are available. This highly practical and usable book is for anyone who has feet. It includes:
- The basics of selecting the right footwear.
- Products and gear to prevent injury.
- Ways to avoid and treat blisters.
- Symptoms and treatments for problems from athlete's foot to serious sprains.
- Sources and resources for equipment and supplies.
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Football Uncyclopedia
Michael Kun and Adam Hoff
Football Uncyclopedia follows in the cleated footsteps of the recent Baseball Uncyclopedia to once again debunk some of the myths and widely held beliefs of one of America's most popular sports.
With a blend of writing comprised of statistical analysis, opinion
(lots of opinion), a love for the game, and a healthy dash of sarcastic
humor, authors Michael Kun and Adam Hoff argue against some of the
mythology and beliefs that characterize the game of football. No
subject or topic is off limits. The greatness of the 1972 Miami
Dolphins? Skewered. America's Team? Put in its place. Pittsburgh's
Berkowitz Fish Sandwich? Praised, obviously. Joe Namath? Well, he gets
a little bit of everything.
The Football Uncyclopedia sets
straight widely held believes about everything from stadiums, owners
(and not just a handful of them), revered champions, and entire cities.
It rushes to the defense of everyone from Shaun Alexander to Kurt
Warner and of everything from the Heisman Trophy to Randall
Cunningham's marble business.
It spends an inordinate amount of time discussing uniforms. It focuses
on player legacies and NFL history and hot-button issues, but it also
delves into topics like celebrity misbehavior, on-air kisses, and the
film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
In short, this book covers the huge names, the tiny nuances, and
everything in between that make the game of football an American
phenomenon.
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Fork in the Trail (Out_of_Stock)
Laurie Ann March
A new cookbook, A Fork in the Trail, will forever change the way you eat on your outdoor adventures, whether backpacking in the wilderness, paddling, or even car camping. Inspired by foods from all over the world and the guiding principle of “if you wouldn’t eat it at home, why eat it in the backcountry,” Laurie Ann March has created 208 lightweight, mouth-watering recipes to turn an ordinary backcountry trip into a gourmet adventure.
Some recipes are cooked and dehydrated before the trip, a process that’s surprisingly easy. Preparing dishes such as Lemon Wasabi Hummus is as simple as adding boiling water. Other recipes, like Tropical Couscous and Chai Tea Pancakes, can be prepared in camp in just minutes. Laurie also demystifies backcountry baking; who wouldn’t want to end a long day of hiking with comforting Pear Berry Crumble topped with Trail Yogurt?
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Frozen in Time: The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team
Nikki Nichols
Frozen in Time presents a deeply researched account of one of the most iconic stories in the history of American sport.
Most sports fans have heard the tragic story of the plane crash that killed all the members of the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team, and sixteen of their friends, family and coaches, en route to the World Championships in Prague. This account takes readers inside the lives of the skaters, revealing the friendships and romances, the rivalries, sacrifices, and triumphs of the world-renowned competitors.
The dramatic focus lingers on two families of powerful women: the Owens and the Westerfelds. Maribel Owen, without question the most famous woman in figure skating at the time, relentlessly drives her two young daughters, pairs champion Mara and the spectacular Laurence, who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated on the day she died; Myra Westerfeld, meanwhile, loses her marriage while guiding her daughters Sherri and Steffi to the pinnacle of the sport.
Author Nikki Nichols also explores the aftermath of the crash. In an unprecedented period in American athletics, the U.S. skating program had lost all of its stars and struggled to rebuild, pushing forward very young competitors, such as Peggy Fleming. But perhaps the most far-reaching effect was the creation of The United States Figure Skating Association’s Memorial Fund, which would provide training grants and scholarships to skaters who would not otherwise be able to afford the sport—among them Scott Hamilton and other of top skaters.
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