Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver and Hiking Death Valley are my fourth and fifth give-aways of a Wilderness Press book – to get you and your feet into new adventures.
For your chance to win this book, there are two steps: by end of day January 24th, 1) Send me an email with your best 50-word reason why you want the book, and 2) include the names of three people to whom you are sending an email encouraging them to subscribe to my Fixing Your Feet blog. Remember to keep it to 50 words only. No more.
Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver
In nearly 200 trips Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver covers every hike within a one-hour drive of this metropolitan area. Hit the trail through dense old-growth forests, walk beside waterfalls, climb to viewpoints above massive glaciers, or wander through the quiet forests of a 5000-acre park in metro Portland itself. The hikes range from simple strolls through urban preserves to rugged climbs in the Columbia River Gorge and on glacier-clad Mt. Hood. Hikes that are great in cloudy weather are labeled, and each hike is shown on an up-to-date map. Each hike includes at-a-glance essential information – distance, time, elevation change, and difficulty rating.
- Author: Douglas Lorain
- Value: $19.95
- Pages: 456
- Pub Date: 2008
About the Author
This is our man in the Pacific Northwest. Douglas Lorain’s family moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1969,and he has been obsessively hitting the trails of his home region ever since. Over the years he calculates that he has logged well over 30,000 trail miles in this corner of the continent, and despite a history that includes being bitten by a rattlesnake, shot at by a hunter, charged by a grizzly bear, and donating countless gallons of blood to “invertebrate vampires,” he happily sees no end in sight.
Lorain is a photographer and recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award. His books cover only the best trips from the thousands of hikes and backpacking trips he has taken throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. His photographs have been featured in numerous magazines, calendars, and books. He is described by the Seattle Times as the “next great Northwest trail guide author.”
I have included a link to the Wilderness Press and Amazon web pages for the book in case you don’t win the book. Check it out at either site.
Hiking Death Valley
Experience Death Valley National Park with this guide to 280 hiking and driving destinations. With hundreds of miles of trails, countless canyons and springs, and some of North America’s most beautiful desert scenery, Death Valley is a year-round hiker’s paradise. Trips range from easy dayhikes to multi-day treks, and include elevation profiles and detailed topographic maps. Learn about the area’s human history with details on historic mines, ghost towns, camps, and rock art left behind by Native American residents, as well as the geology, flora, and fauna of Death Valley’s diverse terrain. Includes hiking tables and dozens of photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Considered the most thorough guidebook to hiking and exploring Death Valley.
- Author: Michel Digonnet
- Value: $19.95
- Pages: 542
- Pub Date: 2004
About the Author
Michel Digonnet is a physicist at Stanford University, where he teaches and carries out research on various aspects of light. Born and raised in Paris, France, he has explored many of the world’s deserts, from eastern Africa to the Sahara and Baja California. He has hiked and backpacked extensively throughout the American West for nearly 30 years, especially on the Colorado Plateau and in the Mojave Desert.
I have included a link to the Wilderness Press and Amazon web pages for the book in case you don’t win the book. Check it out at either site.
