Backpacking one step at a time

Near Fine Hardcover Stated First Printing of June, 1972. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Trace soiling to fEP & lower text edge. Reference/resource and manual/guide to the art of backpacking illustrated with photos and lively cartoons. A book, rich with information, dedicated to footpower and to swelling the ranks of hikers who tred lightly with respect for nature and leaving as slight an imprint as possible. 18 chapters in three parts: I, Off & Away Onto the Trail; II, Equipment: Everything You Always Wanted to Know & Then Some; and, III, Elaborating the Art. The last chapter is The New Ethic … the green way of bakpacking.