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An outdoor library: Colorado Plateau collection

Posted onApril 28, 2019January 2, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Some suggested books for the outdoors person that make a good read for someone interested in the history, culture, or politics of The Colorado Plateau. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, Getting StartedTagsbooks, Colorado Plateau, library, outdoors, utah-tip

Book overview: 4WD Adventures Utah

Posted onDecember 21, 2018January 13, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An older but still useful book that works well as an adjunct to trip planning using Utah’s often rough roads for outdoor pursuits. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, Trip PlanningTagsbooks, utah, utah-tip

On The Trail with Boots McFarland : Volume 1

Posted onNovember 29, 2018November 29, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A collection of comics for the thru-hiker tribe that captures the experience of hiking in the dust with sweat, Snicker bar wrappers, bugs, and rain rather well! Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, Boots McFarland

The Hidden Tracks by Cam Honan

Posted onNovember 14, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A collection of lesser-known treks with stunning photography and useful, detailed, and inspiring descriptions. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, Cam Honan

Review: Desert Cabal by Amy Irvine

Posted onOctober 30, 2018January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

An overlook at a book that is lauded as a response to Desert Solitaire on the 50th anniversary of its publication. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, Ed Abbey, utah-tip, Wildness

Review: Finders Keepers by Craig Childs

Posted onDecember 28, 2017May 19, 2022AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A timely look at a book about archeological preservation…or plundering. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsAncestral Pueblo, Ancient Sonorans, books, history

Review: Where the Water Goes

Posted onSeptember 5, 2017January 19, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Where The Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen is a book that is a bit of Cadillac Desert crossed with Ian Frazier’s Great Plains. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, climate, history, water rights

An overview: Grand Obsession

Posted onAugust 15, 2017October 6, 2020AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

An overview of Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of Grand Canyon. A book about an iconic Grand Canyon legend. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsArizona, books, Grand Canyon, hiking

On The Trail: A History of American Hiking

Posted onMay 10, 2017May 7, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A review of On The Trail: A History of American Hiking by Silas Chamberlin. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, hiking, history

The Ultimate Hiker’s Gear Guide – 2nd Edition

Posted onMarch 28, 2017June 22, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A look at the second edition of The Ultimate Hiker’s Gear Guide by Andrew Skurka. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, Getting StartedTagsAndrew Skurka, books

Looking back: Thru-Hiker’s Handbook by Dan Bruce

Posted onMarch 10, 2017March 14, 2017AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

The guide to carry when hiking the Appalachian Trail throughout the 1990s and the first years of the 2000s by Dan “Wingfoot” Bruce. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsAppalachian Trail, books

TBT Book: Skiing Colorado’s Backcountry

Posted onFebruary 23, 2017November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

A book about a nearly forgotten form of skiing: Nordic Backcountry. No book this comprehensive about Nordic Backcountry has been written since for Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, colorado-tip, nordic, skiing, TBT, winter

Uncertain Path: A search for the future of national parks

Posted onJanuary 31, 2017January 19, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Reviewing “Uncertain Path – A search for the future of national parks.” A timely read in this current political climate. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, climate, National Parks, Wildness

Gear pick of the year 2016 – A library card

Posted onDecember 16, 2016June 13, 2019AuthorPaul Mags14 Comments

The not-so-long-awaited PMags.com gear pick of the year for 2016: A library card! Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, GearTagsbooks, gear pick of the year

Book review: Great Plains

Posted onDecember 13, 2016June 6, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A review of Great Plains by Ian Fraizer. A travelogue, history overview, and discussion about the quintessential American landscape. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, High Plains

Book review: The Great Divide

Posted onNovember 1, 2016November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A review of the The Great Divide by Stephen Pern. An account of backpacking the Continental Divide in 1983. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, continental divide

Walking Man – The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher

Posted onAugust 19, 2016January 31, 2017AuthorPaul Mags11 Comments

A review of a recently released biography of Colin Fletcher. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbackpacking, books, Colin Fletcher

Backpacker Magazine – March, 1989

Posted onAugust 16, 2016June 21, 2018AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A look at an older copy of Backpacker Magazine that details the Triple Crown trails…and shows how discussing the outdoors has evolved. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbackpacker magazine, books

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