Brian Lane

Hikernut's Grand Canyon Companion

A Guide to Hiking and Backpacking the Most Popular Trails Into the Canyon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covering the Central Corridor Trails (including Bright Angel, South Kaibab, and North Kaibab Trails), which provide spectacular views and are among the most popular routes, this guide has everything potential hikers need to safely navigate the canyon. Over 250 people are rescued from the Inner Canyon each year. Don't become a statistic-read this book! Along with trail descriptions, a comprehensive gear list, rules and restrictions, hiking tips and trip planning ideas, award-winning author Brian J. Lane offers practical advice gleaned from over twenty years of hiking in and around the Grand Canyon and throughout the United States and Canada. Packed with beautiful full-color photos, illustrations, charts, tables and maps, this book is perfect for first time canyon explorers, and was chosen by the IBPA as a Benjamin Franklin Award Winning Finalist in 2008.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Countryman Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 169g
• ISBN-13: 9781581571608
• ISBN-10: 1581571607
• Artikelnr.: 34668292

Autorenporträt

Brian J. Lane is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, the American Hiking Society, and the Sierra Club. He is also a NOLS/WMI certified Wilderness First Responder. In 2001 he was awarded a Photographer's Forum Award of Excellence. Lane lives with his wife in Sedona, AZ. For more information and a blog with up-to-date canyon hiking conditions, visit www.asenseofnature.com.