Books about Trekkers from Amazon.com

This inspirational handbook offers encouragement, travel-tested information and lighthearted anecdotes to help you travel safely and comfortably, all while having the time of your life. Includes ideas for creating your own dream journey, listings for more than 150 essential websites, personal anecdotes and advice from more than 45 women, suggestions for traveling alone without feeling lonely and up-to-date guidance on using the latest technology to enhance your travels..
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Nothing in Africa is as majestic or fabled as Mount Kilimanjaro Though one of the highest volcanoes in the world and the single highest freestanding mountain in the world, it is nonetheless possible to reach the summit without any technical climbing ability. Over 20,000 people a year tackle the ascent to the Roof of Africa, yet only a fraction of this number succeed in reaching the 5895m Uhuru Peak..
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For more than a decade, the intrepid team from the award-winning series "Globe Trekker", broadcast on American Public Television and major television networks Worldwide, has journeyed to countries from every continent on the globe. Here we have their insider best-of-the-best list, fully illustrated in lavish colour and organized by month. Readers can plan ahead to experience the most flamboyant festivals, adventurous treks, spectacular beaches, and most happening places. Armed with the "Globe Trekker's World", you'll move your trip from mundane to memorable, whether joining in colourful native celebrations at the Goroka Show in Papua New Guinea in September, hiking through awesome scenery during the fall in New England, luxuriating in solitude on a pristine beach in the Philippines in December, or travelling to London in May for the best events, deals, and least crowds. But this book doesn't just list places to see before leaving this lifetime - it conveys why. Abundant photographs accompany the descriptive text, giving an entertaining introduction to the region. It also offers background history as well as practical information on the event or activity, what to bring, what weather to expect, and other things to do nearby. Additional extensive listings of other great beaches, outdoor activities, and festivals cover every safely traversable country on earth, from Austria and Azerbaijan to the United States and Zambia. As an added bonus, a free, professionally produced DVD, "Great Festivals", is secured inside each book. With a running time of more than one hour, this round-the-world tour delivers a year of fantastic festivals..
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Isolated for centuries behind the Himalayas in Tibet is a mysterious and mythical mountain. Mount Kailash is 6714m (22,028ft) high. It is a mountain that captures the imagination and breathes sheer excitement into the soul. Kailash has for more than a thousand years been a central pilgrimage site for some of the world's major religions. It is sacred to Hindus, Buddhists, Bonpo and Jains from India.

The guide provides all the essential planning information for the trip to one of the world's most remote regions, including travel into and within Tibet. It guides the trekker on the journey round the sacred peak, its eerie surreal canyons and its strange and striking contorted rock formations. The highest point on the trek is the Drolma La, the pass of the goddess Tara.

This guide also describes a trip to the ethereal fortress ruins of Tsaparang, the former capital of Guge. This is Tibet's greatest Buddhist treasure house of art and paintings, a fairytale location not to be missed..
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Seen from the lakeside town of Pokhara in central Nepal, a tremendous wall of snow and ice-capped mountains dominates the northern horizon; the Annapurna Himal. With no less than twelve summits topping 7000 metres (23,000ft) soaring above a foreground of intricately terraced foothills, this is one of the most beautiful and ethnically diverse landscapes on earth. Around this island block goes the route of the classic Annapurna Circuit - one of the great walks of the world. Into the heart of these mountains another trekker's trail leads to the Annapurna Sanctuary. Through the world's deepest valley, between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, goes the Pilgrim's Trail to Maktinath, while the Ghandruk Foothill Trek provides an introduction to some of the best of Nepal's hill villages and mountain views. Kev Reynolds describes each of these treks with full route details for 'tea-house' trekkers and those journeying with and organised group. Information with regard to lodges, tea-houses and villages is provided; there are sections on how to plan a trek, where and when to go, permits and preparations, health matters, an equipment check list and, of equal importance, how to avoid giving offence to the local people. Outline suggestions are offered for other treks in the region, and details of Trekking Peaks are also given. This is a new, full-colour edition of an established guide..
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Here's an unauthorized compendium for Trekkers who are unafraid of pointing the finger at oversights, and who know it's great fun to find the sloppy mistakes (or cost-cutting cheating) in a show that takes itself very seriously..
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