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Good preparation makes a holiday so much more enjoyable. In these books you will find lots of information about places to travel to and stories about travels.

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Official guidebook and maps to the Appalachian Trail in Maine—covering 281 miles from Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park to the New Hampshire line, packaged with 7 four-color topographical maps, with elevation profiles and trail descriptions. Published by the Maine Appalachian Trail Club.
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Complete guidebook to over 430 Lakes in California, detailed maps, current information, a must for campers, R.V.ers, fishermen, boaters and anyone who loves the outdoors. 25th Anniversary celebration, over 1 million copies sold since 1974.
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Utah's backcountry contains a magnificent variety of hiking opportunities at all levels of difficulty. Some trails visit alpine lakes, some climb mountain peaks, some wind through desert canyons, and others visit prehistoric Indian ruins. The trails selected for this book represent the best hikes in every category. All five of Utah's national parks are represented, as are most of the state's national monuments and wilderness areas. Also included are many scenic but unprotected areas that are currently being studied as possible candidates for future wilderness areas. The hikes range in length from a half-day stroll to the Fisher Towers near Moab, to a four day walk around Brown Duck Mountain in the High Uintas Wilderness Area. Each hike is i... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Why just climb Everest when you can climb it without supplemental oxygen? Why just climb it without oxygen when you can climb it alone? And why fly to Nepal to climb Everest when you can bicycle all the way there? Apparently, questions such as these occurred to Göran Kropp, a Swede with a taste for adventure and a desire for the Ultimate High. In October 1995, Kropp set out from Sweden with a bicycle, a trailer, and over 200 pounds of equipment. Over the next four months, he cycled some 7,000 miles across Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. By the time he arrived in Kathmandu, Kropp had been shot at, pelted with rocks, and offered the madam's daughter--free of charge--in a Hungarian brothel. After carrying his ow... Rest of this review on the detail page
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