Hiking Adventures

Levison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitchhike from England to India through Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but he wasn't the conventional follower of the hippy trail. A fascination with the deeds of the early explorers, a history degree in the bag, an army career already planned and a shoestring budget of £750 - including for the flight home - he was determined to find out more about the countries of the Caucasus and beyond - and meet the people who lived and worked there.

Book 2 in The Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger Series. Brock Cliffhanger is a living legend as a park ranger, dedicated and with a servant's heart. He focuses on the teaching and caring for others while preserving our national and state parks. His adventures are the stories that expand on his legacy. His greatest joy has been the development of the Jr. Park Ranger team, and each individual Jr. Park Ranger. To be a park ranger, you must put the safety of others at the forefront. You must be empathetic, smart, a leader, yet humble, with the vision of preserving our great national ...

A grief-stricken man travels back in time to seek revenge on the woman who murdered his girlfriend but inadvertently falls in love with her. Kane is about to marry the woman he loves. His life is perfect. A few weeks before the wedding, a vindictive woman from his girlfriend’s past mysteriously arrives and kills her. He learns of a traumatic accident that happened five years earlier, which triggers Riley’s hatred for his girlfriend. Distraught over his girlfriend’s death, Kane uses an antique time machine to travel into the past in order to find and destroy the woman responsible. When...

“Hey, Skank!” Seventeen-year-old Amy is done being bullied. She’s over being ignored by her grief-stricken dad, and all she wants is to feel like a normal human being — or anyone other than herself — for a while. The last time Amy remembers feeling that was with her Nana in the New Hampshire mountains. The final straw? A wardrobe malfunction that simply couldn’t be overlooked by the mean girls. Rather than stay and fight, Amy buys a bus ticket and turns her back on her hometown making a run for the mountains. “You can’t blame yourself.” Dan would have to disagree. Buried ...

“也许，我这辈子就算做成了这一件事也好。”正是他的执着和坚持铸就了不平凡的人生。他用十年走遍神州、史上首次徒步穿越罗布泊！……「也許，我這輩子就算做成了這一件事也好。」正是他的執著和堅持鑄就了不平凡的人生。他用十年走遍神州、史上首次徒步穿越羅布泊！

This is the story of one man's solo adventure walking the length of Italy. Undertaken in the depths of winter, travelling vast daily distances and camping in a tent, the journey was done in the spirit of a true pilgrimage, with plenty of physical hardships and few creature comforts. Walking on the Via Francigena pilgrim route, the author encounters kind people, beautiful landscapes and the deep history that only Italy can offer. He also shares the personal struggles and failures that led him to the storm-lashed beach in Santa Maria di Leuca in the south of Italy, ready to undertake the ...

The adventure of a lifetime through the eyes of 2 middle-aged men coping with the need to find challenge and excitement. Experience one of North America's top-ten backpacking trails as the author takes you through an ancient rain forest, mud and root covered pathways and along the sandy shore of the Pacific Ocean. The reader feels like they are part of an incredible 7 day adventure full of laughter, insight and danger that keeps us turning pages until the end.

The continued musings of a hapless wanderer. Younger than Bill Bryson, smaller than Levison Wood, and hairier than Julia Bradbury. In his latest adventure, our bumbling yet affable narrator walks the 100 miles of the stunning and dramatic West Highland Way. Join him on a memorable hike that takes in all the splendour of the Scottish Highlands. With grand imposing scenery and beautiful shimmering lochs.

When my husband’s hijinks made me realize was an exhibitionist, I kew he had gotten carried away. Our new neighbor seems like a nice enough guy, and he’s easy on the eyes, too. But my husband took an instant dislike to him. And that wasn’t a big deal — if the two of them hadn’t started a full scale prank war, I would never have interfered. Now Ian’s latest prank has taken things way too far, and he might just have to share me with his biggest rival. And once we head down that naughty path, we’ll discover that’s not the only thing he desires. Explicit Content: 18+ This is a ...

Take a walk in the park. Or explore a forest, gorge, campground, even a historic site. Spend a week or a weekend. Go biking, hiking, fishing, boating, hunting or cross-country skiing. Or just relax and enjoy the most beautiful scenery in the Northeast! This is a guide to the state and national parks throughout Maine, the wildlife refuges, nature and bike trails, historic sites, facilities and activities at each site, and contact information.

Right in the center of Idaho is the 2.3 million acre Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Central Idaho offers the Gem State's most exciting, most literally down-to-earth, splash-and-dash adventures. The two big rivers running through it, the Salmon and the Middle Fork of the Salmon, attract adventurers from the world over. Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho's oh-so-trendy resort area, and the North Fork Road, an on-the-edge throwback to times past, point up the contrasts you will find here.

Explore California’s best beaches, trails, and hidden gems in just one weekend—without endless online research or crowded tourist traps. Are you longing to experience California’s breathtaking beauty and diversity, but overwhelmed by too many choices and tired of the same old destinations? Have you struggled to find current, practical travel tips—especially ones that suit your pace, accessibility needs, or group? Do you wish for authentic, memory-making adventures that go beyond generic lists and actually fit your lifestyle? If so, you’re in the right place. My California Bucket ...

Gravity Drive 4 - Gus, is a spin-off novel from the original Gravity Drive series, written to be enjoyed as a stand alone novel for readers of all ages. A baby Burrowing Owl is orphaned from his family during the eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera, and is rescued by a young woman named Pepper. They climb into the Sierra Nevada mountains to escape the devastation being caused by the volcano only to discover that Pepper’s family had to evacuate their home and escape to the safety of an orbiting space station. Pepper is forced to make a series of survival decisions which take the pair ...

Toronto's only audio guide to the city's beautiful trails through wooded ravines, the scenic Humber, Don and Rouge river valleys and along wild sections of the Lake Ontario shore - where you feel miles out of the city, but are all within reach by public transit. This guide details how to reach the trails and guides you along the walk and tells you how to get back. It also shares interesting stories about people who explored these paths in earlier times.

In 1961, an adventurous law student gets a passport and picks up where Jack Kerouac left off, undertaking an unparalleled trip, pre-drug cartel, hitchhiking solo from Wisconsin through middle America to Texas, then thousands of miles down the Pan-American Highway through Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to the Panama Canal – likely the first time, and maybe the only time, such a journey has been done, particularly alone.

The Thrifty Traveler's Guide to Brazil is one of the best books to help you travel to Brazil on a budget. As the world opens back up for international travel, Brazil is one of the premier destinations that I believe everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime. I have been to Brazil many times, captivated by its people, nature, and varied attractions.

Are you tired of the chaotic life in the city. and wish to find an escape? National parks can be your answer. In the United States, there are currently 63 national parks spread across the entire country. If you want to begin exploring the beauty of nature, consider visiting one of these national parks. Every one of them has its own unique charm and appeal that draws large numbers of tourists each year, nationally and internationally.

Since time immemorial, people have passed through these misty mountains as they traveled between the Scottish lowlands and highlands. The old ways through the mountains - the Mounth passes, as they are collectively called - are the subject of this book. Twelve roads are profiled, from the Causey Mounth on the eastern coast to the Monega Pass deep in the heart of Scotland. Each route is considered from an historical perspective, followed by a guide to walking the road (or what remains of the road) today.

Beauty and the Brain—the adventure begins. When rough-edged handywoman Charley Jensen stops to help a stranded motorist with a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, she writes the preppy biologist off as too soft to survive in her isolated and unforgiving wilderness. But Drake Carver is more than just a brain in a pretty package, he’s resourceful and, much to Charley’s surprise, fun to be around. However, only when their lives are on the line does she learn he’s tougher than he looks. Suddenly, her secret, burning question, ‘Are you strong enough to be my man?’ becomes 'Am I ...

From the shady depths of Yosemite Valley to the top of 14,505-foot Mount Whitney through some of the most treacherous and starkly beautiful terrain on the planet, this memoir is both a thrilling adventure (complete with bear encounters and snowstorms) as well as a poignant look into the mind and spirit of an athlete who is nothing if not human.