Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk for pleasure along a trail in nature.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail
Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
Into the Wild
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Heartwood
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
On Trails: An Exploration
Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail
American Buffalo by Steven RinellaA Sand County Almanac by Aldo LeopoldHunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore RooseveltAnnals of the Former World by John McPheeMy Life With the Eskimo by Vilhjálmur Stefánsson
MeatEater Reading List
45 books — 6 voters
The Next Everest by Jim DavidsonIcefall by John AllBuried in the Sky by Peter ZuckermanThe Last Hours on Everest by Graham HoylandBeyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
The Mountains Are Calling
18 books — 7 voters

Whatever Comes My Way by Roger GaessBelgium on a Bounce by Roger GaessEchoes In The Walls by Katrina MorganNomads Colony in Paradise Island by ZaiN BabaA Narrowboat at Large by Jo May
Best Adventure Travel Memoir
302 books — 312 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
#GetOutside
245 books — 68 voters

Robert Macfarlane
Several small clouds drifted through the sky. When one of them passed before the moon, the world's filter changed. First my hands were silver and the ground was black. Then my hands were black and the ground silver. So we switched, as I walked, from negative to positive to negative, as the clouds passed before the moon. ...more
Robert Macfarlane, The Wild Places

The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with every conceivable measure of safety and comfort under the sun. But that isn't what being in nature is all about. Rather, it's about feeling free, unbounded, shedding the distractions and barriers of our civilization—not bringing them with us. ...more
Ryel Kestenbaum, The Ultralight Backpacker : The Complete Guide to Simplicity and Comfort on the Trail

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