Explore the Bright Angel Trail down to the Colorado River and Phantom Ranch. If you're adventurous, take the steep and dry South Kaibab Trail. For the most awe inspiring views from the main trails, creep along the towering cliffs of the North Kaibab Trail. Learn about permits, techniques and skills that you need to camp in the inner canyon. Find out what to expect when you reach Indian Garden, Bright Angel and Cottonwood campgrounds. Take side trips...

When two girls go backpacking deep in the woods of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, things go very wrong when they cross paths with a serial killer. Best friends Neena and Josie spent high school as outsiders, but at least they had each other. Now, with college and a two-thousand-mile separation looming on the horizon, they have one last chance to be together: a three-day hike deep into the woods of the Pisgah National Forest....

"Jon Penfold has been on many adventures. He's ridden his bicycle across the United States twice. He's canoed the Mississippi River. He's climbed some of the highest peaks in the Pacific Northwest. But nothing could prepare him for his biggest adventure of all--hiking 600 miles with his girlfriend at his side. Take a hike with Jon and Katelin as they backpack through one of the most breathtaking regions in the world on the Oregon Coast Trail."--Amazon.com...

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"Having announced her plans to quit her job and backpack around South America, humourist and gonzo journalist Amy Baker found herself on the receiving end of a whole bunch of over-the-top and seemingly unnecessary advice. Amy shrugged it all off of course ... that is, until she ran into trouble. After falling into a crevasse, swimming in crocodile-infested waters, dodging cocaine con artists and encountering handsome soothsayers, Amy soon starts to...

Describes the author's travels from Death Valley, the lowest point in the hemisphere, up to the peak of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States with only a backpack filled with empty two-liter bottles.