A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson is a nature writer who has gotten countless people excited about the great outdoors through his carefully crafted memoirs that mingle factual information, personal anecdotes and plenty of humor. In “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail,” Bryson turns his attention to the majestic mountain range on America’s east coast.

The trek, which was undertaken with his friend Stephen, was a time of soul-searching and self-discovery, and the book describes in amusing detail all of the mishaps they met with along the way, not the least of which involved getting along with each other. The early portion of the book reads like a primer by negative example as they prepare poorly for their journey and find themselves exhausted and not nearly as far along as they had expected. Nonetheless, they carry on, compromising by skipping a portion of the trail, essentially starting over. That they are able to face up to their mistakes demonstrates a maturity sadly lacking in the protagonist of the tragic cautionary tale “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer. “A Walk in the Woods” is ultimately a much more optimistic book.

Cortland Travel Outfit

The Passion for Fishing Hasn’t Changed Much in Cortland New York in the Last Ninety-Five Years
When Ray Smith realized he was destined to make fishing his life long passion he decided to make a living by producing quality fly fishing lines. Back in 1915 most of the fly fisherman who lived around Cortland fished in the crystal clear trout streams that flowed through the rolling hills around the city. Images of a a picturesque Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post front cover scene seemed to dance through the minds of the residents.

Quality fly fishing lines were made of silk in those days, but the word quality didn’t have a real depth of performance associated with it to satisfy Ray or any of the other avid fly fishermen in town. Ray decided to develop fly lines using other modern materials. Ray experimented with nylon, PVC, and silicon as well as an assortment of other new materials. The rest of the story is quite a fish tale.

Mastering Mountain Bike Skills - 2nd Edition by Brian Lopes - A Review

The classic work Mastering Mountain Bike Skills - 2nd Edition by Brian Lopes is now available and it is a must own title. Mountain biking is an amazing sportive pursuit that people all over the world have taken up as a hobby. Wherever they are mountain trails, there are mountain bikers. Of course, you can get the most out of your mountain biking excursion when you expand your knowledge base on the subject. This is where the brilliant and comprehensive writing of Brian Lopez proves to be so valuable. Really, if you want to be the best you can be at mountain biking, this is the absolute best resource publication to purchase.

Have you ever really wanted to be a true master at mountain biking. Anyone with even a marginal interest in mountain biking will occasionally imagines developing the amazing skills required to be truly impressive on a bike. And why not imagine such an amazing scenario? The mind can wonder in many ways towards seeing oneself on all manner of mountain biking adventure. Whether you are interested in sportive competition or simply taking a Zen journey of the self, mountain biking brings with it the potential for many amazing adventures. Of course, in order to take part in any fun and memorable jaunts, you need to know the basics of such mountain biking. How can you do this? Flipping through the pages of Mastering Mountain Bike Skills - 2nd Edition by Brian Lopes would probably be the best way to start. This work is clearly the definitive text on the subject of mountain biking. Anyone that truly would wish to boost their skills and become adept of such biking truly needs a copy of this book.

Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive

Your house is flooded. You get separated from your tour group. You wandered a little too far during a camping trip and now you’re lost - and without any of your supplies.

These are just a few of the scenarios outlined in Led Stroud’s newest book, Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive. Stroud is a modern day adventurer and survival enthusiastic, and in his book he gives a variety of tips, tricks and guides to help you survive a real disaster. Need to know how to make temporary shelter? Where to gather food and water? How about trapping small game and starting your own fires? Survive! offers an insiders’ look at survival techniques and common advice given to travel buffs, and which of them are worth listening to. (Hint: a lot of what you think you know about survival techniques is really just TV smoke and mirrors.)

Cabela’s Prestige Complete Flyfishng Outfit

Flyfishing is known as the “contemplative man’s recreation.” That, however, doesn’t mean that flyfishers always like contemplating. Sure they may enjoy musing over the great outdoors while peacefully casting their line through the clean air and skimming their hand-made flies across the sparkling water in hopes of catching a fish, but that doesn’t mean they want to contemplate every facet and every small detail of the sport.

Many don’t, for example, want to have to contemplate the choice between lines made of silk or horse hair, between long or short rods, between thin and light or strong and heavy reels. Further, they may not want to decide on a type of wood or bamboo for their rods. It’s hard enough to learn the basics of fly-fishing without having to worry about the necessary equipment.