Walking & Orienteering How to cross hills, back country and rough terrain in safety and confidence: a professional manual for hikers, paddlers, horse trekkers and extreme cyclists

This practical handbook provides a handy reference for anyone wishing to explore the back country. Whether you are preparing for a day¿s walking or mountain biking, a camping weekend, a trek on horseback, a hike through the jungle, or a kayaking tour lasting several weeks, this highly illustrated guide will show you all you need to know.With the emphasis on teaching the fundamentals of hiking and travelling with transport and animals, and of orienteering your way along the route, it makes essential reading before setting off.

Peter G. Drake has led or been a member of 36 expeditions, visiting 55 countries in five continents. He has driven overland from the UK to Nepal to climb in the Himalayas, has twice crossed the Sahara to the River Niger, and has followed the Nile route south to East Africa. He has also climbed and walked in the Arctic, Australia and the United States. He has led a Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition to North Africa; the British Schools Expedition to Kenya; Brathay Exploration Group Expeditions to Botswana, Australia, Kenya and South Africa; and the Yorkshire Schools Expeditions to Kenya, South Africa and Australia. He has been a member of the British Mountaineering Council Training Committee, Chairman of the Expedition Advisory Centre at the Royal Geographical Society, and Chairman of the Expedition and Training Committee of the Young Explorers' Trust.