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Sara Benson

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After graduating from college in Chicago, Sara jumped on a plane to the West Coast with just one suitcase and $100 in her pocket. She landed in crazy San Francisco, and today makes her home in a beach town on the California coast. She also spent three years living in Japan, after which she followed her wanderlust around Asia for almost a year before returning to the USA, where she has worked as a teacher, a journalist and a national park ranger. She is an all-seasons outdoor enthusiast.

Already the author of 50 travel and non-fiction books, Sara (aka Sam) has written for publishers including Lonely Planet, Wilderness Press, National Geographic, Compass American Guides and Countryman Press. Her travel writing features in newspapers and magazi...more



Maybe you've never been hiking before inHawaii, or perhaps you're planning to tackle a trail for which the latest USGS topo map dates from the 1970s. If so, you might be wondering if a GPS device or smartphone could help you out. On faint footpaths over lava fields marked only byahu(cairns) or into valleys usually only visited by pig hunters, could GPS save you from getting dangerously lost?

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Average rating: 4.06 · 470 ratings · 63 reviews · 36 distinct works · Similar authors
Peru
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
USA
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings3 editions
USA's Best Trips
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006
Compass American Guides: Yo...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
Las Vegas Encounter
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
Lonely Planet Hawaii
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
Las Vegas
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
Vancouver
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
California
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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