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Summary: One of the two best books on winter camping
Review: If you are going to buy only one book on camping in the winter time, this should be the book. Extremely well written, covering everything from groups and leadership to family camping. Gorman also exposes the reader to different options and equipment, (traditional vs. modern, skis vs. snowshoes, etc.) in a fashion that allows the reader to choose what might work best for them. I heartily reccomend this book to anyone considering heading out into the backwoods in the winter.
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Summary: An absolute "must" for novice campers.
Review: Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Stephen Gorman's Winter Camping continues to be a superb introductory "how to" guide for enjoying the special allure of winter camping. This comprehensive manual covers gear selection from tends and clothing to stoves and sleds; travel tips for skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing (including naviagion and ice travel); winter safety including weath and health, injury prevention, hypothermia, and winter rescue; and making camp including site selection, tents, snow caves, and snow houses. Of special value is the information on backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. Exceptionally well laid out and organized, Winter Camping is an absolute "must" for novice campers, and has a great deal of value for even experienced winter campers.
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Summary: An absolute "must" for novice campers.
Review: Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Stephen Gorman's Winter Camping continues to be a superb introductory "how to" guide for enjoying the special allure of winter camping. This comprehensive manual covers gear selection from tends and clothing to stoves and sleds; travel tips for skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing (including naviagion and ice travel); winter safety including weath and health, injury prevention, hypothermia, and winter rescue; and making camp including site selection, tents, snow caves, and snow houses. Of special value is the information on backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. Exceptionally well laid out and organized, Winter Camping is an absolute "must" for novice campers, and has a great deal of value for even experienced winter campers.
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Summary: Worth buying
Review: This is an excellent resource for beginner winter campers. I have read through all of the winter and snow camping books and literature available and find this one to be the most complete. Gorman mentions a lot of the details that many other authors leave out. You may notice as I did however, that the cover scene is used about five times throughout the book. A good book, worth it's price.
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Summary: Worth buying
Review: This is an excellent resource for beginner winter campers. I have read through all of the winter and snow camping books and literature available and find this one to be the most complete. Gorman mentions a lot of the details that many other authors leave out. You may notice as I did however, that the cover scene is used about five times throughout the book. A good book, worth it's price.
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Summary: Excellent guide to a wide range of winter camping techniques
Review: This is my favorite book about winter camping. The author has thought through the entire process of winter outings. Travel by snowshoe, ski, or mountaineering gear. Tenting. Sleeping. Cooking. Picking an area to visit. Getting there and back alive. Also, Steve Gorman recognizes the value in a wide range of styles, from the modern alloy snowshoes, Mountain tents, synthetics, and Gore-tex to the traditional modes of wood stove and saw, canvas tent, ash and babiche snowshoes. He makes snow camping sound fun, the difficulties manageable. Right up there with Rustrum's "Paradise Below Zero", Harry Roberts' "Moving On", and Glenn Randall's "Cold Comfort".
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Summary: Will show you how to enjoy the outdoors well below zero!
Review: This is really a great guide that just about covers every relevant detail on winter camping. Its been my springboard to extensive winter outdoor activity. In here you'll find all the basics: Gorman discusses everything from gear for travel like skis, to camping technique, to clothing, safety, etc. He presents modern techniques & tips but he also mentions traditional info. as applicable.Specific to this edition of the book are a handful of new pictures but most of the material is almost the same as the earlier edition, which is to say great. Thus if you can't get a hold of this edition not to worry as the previous edition is as good.
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Summary: Will show you how to enjoy the outdoors well below zero!
Review: This is really a great guide that just about covers every relevant detail on winter camping. Its been my springboard to extensive winter outdoor activity. In here you'll find all the basics: Gorman discusses everything from gear for travel like skis, to camping technique, to clothing, safety, etc. He presents modern techniques & tips but he also mentions traditional info. as applicable. Specific to this edition of the book are a handful of new pictures but most of the material is almost the same as the earlier edition, which is to say great. Thus if you can't get a hold of this edition not to worry as the previous edition is as good.
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