Whether you’ve got the adventuring bug or you just want to escape into a good book this summer, here are 10 titles everyone should read, excerpted from Brendan Leonard’s The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide.
Adventure Books Everyone Should Read
- Kon-Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl (1950)
- Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson (1988)
- Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer (1996)
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing (1959)
- Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak, by Maurice Herzog (1951)
- Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, by Edward Abbey (1968)
- Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville (1851)
- The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History through the Heart of the Grand Canyon, by Kevin Fedarko (2013)
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson (1998)
- The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922)
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About the Book
The outdoor market has never been hotter. This easy introduction to outdoor life will ensure that even a novice won’t get lost in the woods while finding an activity he loves to do in the great outdoors—whether it’s hiking a 14er or camping on ice. With 400 strategies for engaging in the outdoors, and expert tips and tricks, The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide makes Mother Nature easier to understand than ever before. Brendan Leonard, writer, filmmaker, and outdoor adventurer, shows the reader how rewarding it can be to live life away from the computer and get outside. From mountain climbing, to skiing, sledding, and sailing, Leonard shows that you don’t need to be a risk taker to enjoy the outdoors. And if the reader does find himself at the point of man vs. nature, Leonard shares survival skills from how to bandage a wound and read a topographical map, to how to drive on sand and remove a tick from your skin. Organized thematically and written in short takeaway entries with line drawings, The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide is a friendly way into the outdoor lifestyle for those who want to dabble or go all in.
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