- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: WW Norton (Mar 8 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393057968
- ISBN-13: 978-0393057966
- Product Dimensions: 28.5 x 22.3 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #127,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book will help readers realise their dreams of hiking among the world's highest peaks and most scenic valleys, discovering wilderness far from the clamour of civilisation, encountering rare birds and animals, glorying in sunsets over glacier-clad ranges, and feeling the joy and achievement of hiking in some of the world's most spectacular places. Peter Potterfield has selected the great treks of the world from personal experience. Features include details on conditions, levels of difficulty, best seasons, approach strategies, hazards and maps. Hikes include: from Wonder Lake to McGonagall Pass in Alaska; Tour de la Vanoise in the French Alps; Kungsleden in Swedish Lapland; K2 Base Camp; the Grand Canyon from rim to rim; Mount Kilimanjaro; Cerro Fitz Roy in Argentina; the John Muir Trail in California and Shackleton's South Georgia Crossing.
About the Author
Award-winning author PETER POTTERFIELD has written, among other books, High Himalaya and In the Zone. The former editor and publisher of MountainZone.com, his work appears in Conde Nast Traveller, Outside and Reader's Digest.
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While the John Muir Trail officially runs for 210 miles (338 km) from the summit of Mount Whitney to Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, it's really a 222-mile (357 km) route when you figure the mileage from Whitney to the nearest trailhead. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
While the John Muir Trail officially runs for 210 miles (338 km) from the summit of Mount Whitney to Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, it's really a 222-mile (357 km) route when you figure the mileage from Whitney to the nearest trailhead. Read the first page
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4.6 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)
46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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Great Book !, Mar 28 2005
By R. Pauli - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Classic Hikes Of The World (Hardcover)
I will skip the debate about which hikes are the world's greatest, and greatly admire this book as a current, concise and nicely illustrated presentation. Potterfield lays it out as clearly as a trail guide and attractively as a travel agent. But most of all, these are all hikes he has made. Very professional and personal.This book has made me change my choices of which hikes to ad to my life list (Buckskin Gulch, Utah) and which to just read about in amazement (Kalalau Trail, Hawaii).
I was thrilled to see that I had been in the areas close to some trails that he describes: Grand Canyon, Mt Rainier, White Mountains of New Hampshire, Vancouver Island, and the North Cascades. The book inspires me to revisit these places with better plan and preparation.
And he re-hikes one of the great survival hikes in history: the Shackleton Crossing of South Georgia Island. Nice to read of Potterfield's crossing of the same route - even well equipped he labels it a moderate physical challenge, but a much greater psychological challenge - even for a modern trek, weather there is the biggest factor
I found some hikes that I should re-considered now - The John Muir Trail seems not to be the over-crowded trail I had thought it to be, and is back on the list.
I wasn't looking for a technical manual, nor a travel brochure, this hits just right - human impressions of some great hikes, clear suggestions for what I may find there, and discussions of logistics, strategy, hazards and seasons.
I got two copies of this excellent book, deciding that it would make a great gift for a well-traveled relative who is now an armchair trekker.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Classic Hikes of the World: 23 Breathtaking Treks, Nov 3 2006
By Rollin H. Wickenden "backpacker" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Classic Hikes Of The World (Hardcover)
This book is one of the best books I have read that deal with different treks around the world. I appreciate the author's suggestions for preparation for the hikes and his detail about how to arrive at the trailhead. I recommend this book for its detailed information on some of the world's best treks.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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motivation for a boomer to move, Mar 23 2006
By S. Hills - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Classic Hikes Of The World (Hardcover)
If I do one of these glorious hikes each year I'll be .....78???? when I get done...guess I better start with the hard ones. Definitely a motivator to get out and see this wonderful world we live in. All the info and great pics make it easy to do so.
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