How to Survive Your First Trip in the Wild
Backpacking for Beginners

Name: How to Survive Your First Trip in the Wild
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Paul Magnanti
ISBN: 9781094099453

Author: Paul Magnanti

Narrator: Alex Boyles

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 11/19/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation, Camping, Outdoor Skills

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

There and back—what every new backpacker needs to knowA journey of a thousand miles starts with a single book. How to Survive Your First Trip in the Wild bundles up everything you need to prep for your first-ever backpacking adventure—so you can explore the back country with confidence.Start strong with an essential equipment guide geared toward beginners. Discover how to choose a campsite and follow along with camp setup and breakdown directions. Water treatment info, outdoor cooking basics, snacking suggestions, and a sample three-day backpacking food plan supply you with vital knowledge to survive in the wilderness.This beginners’ backpacking handbook includes:Expert tips: Learn how to “leave no trace,” navigate rough terrain, deal with wildlife, and other practical backpacking adviceGear checklists: Track down the right gear with guides to clothing, footwear, backpacks, and shelters—even on a budgetPlan ahead: Handy cheat sheets help you pick the best time of year and the perfect starter trail for backpacking in your state.Start your backpacking experience now with How to Survive Your First Trip in the Wild.

About Paul Magnanti

Paul Magnanti is an avid outdoors person based in Moab, Utah, who has completed the “Triple Crown of Backpacking,” the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide trails. He enjoys back-country skiing, camping in remote areas, and backpacking whenever he can.

About Alex Boyles

Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater–acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn’t looked back!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on June 24, 2021

Full disclosure, I picked this up hoping I could get some tips on how to survive a zombie apocalypse but this book is of little help in that department so I will continue to refer to the ever trusty CDC guidelines (Zombie Preparedness). This book is hard core backpacking 101. Did I learn somethings......more

Goodreads review by Laur on November 08, 2019

This book would prove invaluable reading for anyone who wants to experience backpacking and/or camping in the wild. "How To Survive Your First Trip In the Wild" packs a lot of easily digestible information and tips in it's well categorized subjects. Covering all the basics, from how to plan the trip,......more

Goodreads review by Scott on August 28, 2019

An excellent primer A good base for beginners. I am not certain why the Catskills were preferred over the Adirondacks for beginners. I began hiking the Adirondacks as a twelve year old adolescent. I found them to be stunning.......more

Goodreads review by Erin on August 22, 2019

I like that this book is small enough to throw in your backpack to take with you. Obviously you will need this book BEFORE you hit the trail, but that's because there are some great lists on what NOT to forget to pack. There is also a great section on planning your trip, from campsites, time of year......more

Goodreads review by Walter on April 28, 2020

A small book designed to get you safely through your first backpacking trip. It does exactly that. There are pointers to things you might do on your second or fourth or tenth trip, but the rest is for some other book. All the advice is solid. I'd recommend chlorine dioxide tablets (Micropur) instead......more

Quotes

“Full of practical, to-the-point advice…Magnanti’s decades of field experience combined with an often humorous writing style, make this book not only a great resource for beginners, but also brings home the fact that as long as you are well prepared, heading out into the woods is an experience to be enjoyed, rather than simply endured.” Cam Honan, author of The Hiking Life

“Magnanti’s…approachable and unintimidating explanations make being outdoors seem simple and reasonable, as it should. Paul’s experience as a guide shines through as he anticipates what can go wrong that most wouldn’t think about. How to Survive Your First Trip in the Wild is a modern handbook for life in the outdoors and is destined to bring the outdoors within reach of today’s ‘outdoor curious’ person.” Liz Thomas, author of Long Trails, winner of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Award

“You can learn to backpack in one of two ways: the hard way, through miserable and expensive trial and error, or from an expert like Paul, who has hiked tens of thousands of miles and has spent hundreds of days in the field. This book is full of honest, practical, and accurate advice that is ideally suited for first-time and beginner backpackers.” Andrew Skurka, guide, writer, and National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year”