A companion book to the "Trailside" PBS-TV series guides beginners from still waters to paddling downriver, exploring local waterways, or touring offshore islands, with a survey of the latest boat designs and equipment.

Discusses gear, strokes, camping by canoe, rules of moving water, white water, and water safety.

Offers strategies for safe, fun hiking, backpacking, cycling, canoeing, and camping, and discusses family adventure gear, campsite fundamentals, age-specific activities, and related topics.

The allure of fly fishing lies in its elegance and simplicity; there are easier ways to catch fish, but none is more rewarding. This guide provides step-by-step color instructions for fly fishing, from the basics of casting, knot tying, and stream reading to priceless tips on how to find and catch trout, bass, salmon, and saltwater fish on a fly. Color photos & drawings.

Demonstrates safe climbing techniques, and tells how to transfer skills learned on practice walls to the outdoors.

An expert long-distance backpacker shares secrets of the world's elite trekkers to make every hiker's adventure safer and more enjoyable.

The ancient, elegantly useful snowshoe has taken the outdoor sports scene by storm. With sales of snowshoes more than doubling every year this decade, snowshoeing rivals its trendy cousin snowboarding as the fastest growing winter sport in the United States.

The ultimate women's mountain biking guide from the hit public television series that has encouraged millions of viewers to make their own adventure. Book jacket.

This handbook is an invaluable source of information for both novice and expert. For the beginner, it provides an overview of all aspects of the different paddle sports, whilst the expert can use it as an update to the current theory and practice.

Paddling Southern Wisconsin will guide you down some of the state's most alluring rivers, immersing you in its shifting landscape and infinite beauty.