[at-l] Gift for a curious about hiking friend...

[daveh@psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

I agree with the start slowly approach, assuming your friends are curious
about hiking in general.  In that case, a "50 hikes in....." (or the
equitant for your area) is a great choice, at the low price end.   Another
good book would be _The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness
Guide_ by Peter Simer & John Sullivan.

OTOH, if they have already latched on to the idea of long distant hiking, I
would recommend _A Season on the Appalachian Trail_ by Lynn Setzer, as the
low price end.

For the Mid-priced range you need to go with equipment and that is tricky,
unless you are a hiker yourself, know their interest, and know what they
have.  A gift certificate might be a copout, but a choice.

For the money is no object level, check out http://www.nols.edu/ and treat
them to the experience of a lifetime.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message -----
From: <KarenS62@aol.com>
To: <nealb@midlandstech.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Gift for a curious about hiking friend...


In a message dated 12/18/2002 9:43:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Ferguson@CWF.org writes:

> But I am wondering what would be a good present for them to get them
REALLY  interested.  A book?  A video?

As far as I am concerned, you can never go wrong with a book. The Santa that
delivers here already knows that :-)

Rather than overwhelm them with the whole world of backpacking, why not
start with a good book of local day hikes of varying length. If they have
the benefit of living in CT, I would highly recommend the Connecticut Walk
Book, otherwise, one of the "50 hikes in....." is a great choice. There may
be other books for their area that are good resources.

I have found that, after a number of fun and interesting dayhikes, the idea
"What if I could just stay out here for the weekend, week, month, ...."
kicks in on it's own.

POG
(who obviously isn't getting a lot of work done today)
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