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The Ragged Mountain Press Guide to Outdoor Sports: Skills and Knowledge for the Whole Outdoors
This encyclopedic work is "resource central" for beginning or rusty outdoorspeople. Part One introduces nine sports--from dayhiking and mountain biking to sea kayaking and cross-country skiing. General outdoor skills such as map and compass reading are covered in Part Two.
339 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1997
About the author
Roseann Beggy Hanson
9 books7 followersRoseann Beggy Hanson is a native of southern Arizona, and grew up in the rural Tanque Verde Valley east of Tucson.
She studied journalism and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, and has worked in the American Southwest, Mexico, and East Africa as a conservationist, naturalist, and writer for non-profits for over 30 years.
With her husband, Jonathan, she has authored over a dozen natural history and outdoor books. Her solo titles include Nature Journaling for a Wild Life and The San Pedro River: A Discovery Guide. The Hansons' Ragged Mountain Guide to Outdoor Sports won the 1997 Outdoor Book Award and their 50 Common Reptiles was cited for Interpretive Excellence by the National Park Service in 1997.
Roseann is also a lapidary and metalsmith, creating one-of-a-kind gemstone and precious metal jewelry. She has sold her creations under the name Desert Rose Design Studio online and at galleries throughout the West. Currently, her jewelrymaking is limited to custom orders and a small number of web sales.
Roseann is an associate with the University of Arizona School of Science, working as art and science program coordinator at the Desert Laboratory at Tumamoc Hill, and was named a Fellow of both the Explorers Club in the U.S. and the Royal Geographical Society in Great Britain for her conservation and expedition work.
Jonathan and Roseann celebrated 36 years of marriage in 2020; they share their remote, off-the-grid property 35 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, as well as a house in the historic Catalina Vista neighborhood, and work together on books, their events and ConserVentures.org.
Follow Roseann’s explorations and natural history journals and watercolors on Facebook and Instagram.
She studied journalism and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, and has worked in the American Southwest, Mexico, and East Africa as a conservationist, naturalist, and writer for non-profits for over 30 years.
With her husband, Jonathan, she has authored over a dozen natural history and outdoor books. Her solo titles include Nature Journaling for a Wild Life and The San Pedro River: A Discovery Guide. The Hansons' Ragged Mountain Guide to Outdoor Sports won the 1997 Outdoor Book Award and their 50 Common Reptiles was cited for Interpretive Excellence by the National Park Service in 1997.
Roseann is also a lapidary and metalsmith, creating one-of-a-kind gemstone and precious metal jewelry. She has sold her creations under the name Desert Rose Design Studio online and at galleries throughout the West. Currently, her jewelrymaking is limited to custom orders and a small number of web sales.
Roseann is an associate with the University of Arizona School of Science, working as art and science program coordinator at the Desert Laboratory at Tumamoc Hill, and was named a Fellow of both the Explorers Club in the U.S. and the Royal Geographical Society in Great Britain for her conservation and expedition work.
Jonathan and Roseann celebrated 36 years of marriage in 2020; they share their remote, off-the-grid property 35 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, as well as a house in the historic Catalina Vista neighborhood, and work together on books, their events and ConserVentures.org.
Follow Roseann’s explorations and natural history journals and watercolors on Facebook and Instagram.
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