Nature & Outdoors Titles Spring 2020 {IPG} Appalachian Trail Data Book — 2020 (42nd Edition) Daniel Chazin Summary For 2020, the length of the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia (or vice versa) is officially 2,193.0 miles, as documented in this classic work. Sometimes termed "the bible of A.T. hiking" because of its use in essential hike planning, each year's Data Book consolidates the most basic information from 11 detailed official guidebooks into a lightweight table of distances between major Appalachian Trail shelters, road-crossings, and features. It is divided according to the guidebook volumes and updated each December to account for Trail relocations, new (or removed) shelters, and other changes. In addition to codes for lodging, food, water, and other essentials, the Data Book is keyed to both the individual guidebook sections and to the Appalachian Trail separate maps. Conservancy 9781944958138 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 3/1/20 Daniel Chazin , an attorney and longtime volunteer/editor with the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, On Sale Date: 3/1/20 $6.95 USD has been the editor of the annual A.T. Data Book since 1983. He also is the editor of the Appalachian Trail Discount Code: LON Guide to New York-New Jersey and chair of the publications committee of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. Trade Paperback 96 Pages Carton Qty: 100 Sports & Recreation / Hiking SPO018000 7 in H | 5 in W Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion — 2020 (27th Edition) Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association, Robe... Summary With professionally crafted elevation profiles, 50 maps, and comprehensive tables for more at-a-glance information on-trail. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association collaborate each year on a guide especially designed for potential thru-hikers who want the basic information for a five- to six-month trek in the woods, at a reasonable price, but also want the adventure of finding out the extras for themselves. A favorite of section-hikers and dreamers, too. Still the only such guide written by volunteers for which all the proceeds are returned to the Trail by these two nonprofits. With fact-checking research by more than three dozen thru-hiker volunteers in 14 states, backed by the first-hand information of the trail's volunteer and staff maintainers and managers and extensive information from the 2020 "A.T. Data Appalachian Trail Book." Equipment-makers' toll-free numbers, post office hours, much more included. Conservancy 9781944958145 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 3/1/20 On Sale Date: 3/1/20 ALDHA (Appalachian Long-Distance Hikers Association) is an organization of past, present, and future $14.95 USD hikers of the Appalachian Trail. It was formed in 1981 by previous thru-hikers of the Appalachian Trail but Discount Code: LON soon become a "users groups" for backpackers and hikers of all the U.S. scenic trails and most major hiking Trade Paperback paths abroad. The Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association, formed in 1981, is the only organized users' 304 Pages group for the Appalachian Trail, meeting annually for a three-day festival but also engaged in volunteer Carton Qty: 56 projects such as shelter work trips and hostel repairs. Sylvester leads a team of 25 volunteer field editors who Sports & Recreation / Hiking contribute annual updates for the Companion. SPO018000 9 in H | 6 in W IPG Spring 2020 Nature and Outdoors Titles - December 2019 Page 1 {IPG} High Drama The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of American Competition Climbing John Burgman Summary One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable climbing wall. But what they were part of was a greater development: the expansion and reimagining of a sport now slated for a highly anticipated Olympic debut in 2020. High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to Triumph Books a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. 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