Backpacking

Books for Reference

• The New Complete Walker
  Practical advice from a Welshman who's devoted his life to long trail hiking.
• The Man Who Walked Through Time
  An excellent tale of a hike through the Grand Canyon. Much sound advice.
• The Thousand Mile Summer
  Hiking the Desert and Sierra country of California

• Atlas & Gazetteer series
  The last I saw, these were available for only 12 states. If your hiking area is in one of the states these are published for, spend the money. Excellent map resource.