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A review by tirwinreads17
Hiking Is Fundamental: A Step by Step Guide to Hitting the Trail by Barbara Ann Kipfer
5.0
One of my favorite fitness influencers is someone that does ultra trail running and she preaches that EVERYONE belongs outside. You don’t have to be a super fit or super outdoorsy person to play outside and enjoy nature! There definitely is no specific type of person or body type to go hiking, just interest in the beauty of the natural world!
Hiking is Fundamental is an informative guide not just to hiking but knowledge, tips, skills being in nature overall (a lot of it applies to camping, backpacking, geo-caching, and more as well) which helps enjoying the outdoors be accessible to everyone. It also has adorable illustrations and fun facts sprinkled throughout!
If you’re like me, you like to be prepared. I’ve enjoyed plenty of couple hour one-day hikes, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable camping or doing long-distance hiking without proper advance preparations and sufficient nature and situational knowledge, which this book has, all the way from exercise prep, clothing, packing lists, to pacing, weather, plants and animals, trail etiquette, even post-hike recovery and first-aid! Did I know how to make a fire before reading those? NOPE!!! Do I feel like I’m ready to take on the Grand Canyon R2R2R like my favorite fitness influencer? Well, maybe not quite yet, but this is a great start!!
Thank you to NetGalley, Roman & Littlefield, and the author for an advance review copy in exchange for an honest review!
-@tirwinreads
Hiking is Fundamental is an informative guide not just to hiking but knowledge, tips, skills being in nature overall (a lot of it applies to camping, backpacking, geo-caching, and more as well) which helps enjoying the outdoors be accessible to everyone. It also has adorable illustrations and fun facts sprinkled throughout!
If you’re like me, you like to be prepared. I’ve enjoyed plenty of couple hour one-day hikes, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable camping or doing long-distance hiking without proper advance preparations and sufficient nature and situational knowledge, which this book has, all the way from exercise prep, clothing, packing lists, to pacing, weather, plants and animals, trail etiquette, even post-hike recovery and first-aid! Did I know how to make a fire before reading those? NOPE!!! Do I feel like I’m ready to take on the Grand Canyon R2R2R like my favorite fitness influencer? Well, maybe not quite yet, but this is a great start!!
Thank you to NetGalley, Roman & Littlefield, and the author for an advance review copy in exchange for an honest review!
-@tirwinreads