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The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states and over 2,000 miles, snaking through some of the most spectacular landscapes in America. Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world.

The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states, and over 2,000 miles. It stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the world. (Compare this with the Pennine Way, which is a mere 250...

The brave and inspiring true story of renowned climber Nims Purja's mission to summit the fourteen highest peaks on Earth - as seen on Netflix. 'Whether or not you are a lover of the mountains, you will marvel at his tenacity, his fearlessness. No one can fail to be inspired by what he achieved...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE The original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape 'The Old Ways...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award comes an epic walk across the Alps in the footsteps of a wolf, throwing unique light on Europe's mountainous hinterlands at a moment of political and environmental change. In 2011, a young wolf named...

**Narrated by the Author!** “Michael Easter’s genius is that he puts data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired many to change their lives for the better.”—Dr. Peter Attia, author of Outlive From the New York Times bestselling author of The Comfort Crisis...

A mobile monastery to stick in your pack whenever you go out on the trail, this book by veteran hikers and Buddhist monks Phap Luu and Phap Xa offers mindfulness practices to explore as you walk to generate inner and outer peace. Grounded in the rich traditions of Zen practice, this book invites you to experience the fundamental connection between humans and the natural world.

Alone in the wilderness Shortlisted for the General Nonfiction Award at the 2026 Ockham Book Awards 2026 Book Industry Awards NZ Audiobook of the Year Finalist Award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year...

शिखर खुणावत असतं... पण मधे असतात अनेक अडथळे... गोठवणारी थंडी, बर्फाखाली गेलेल्या वाटा, खोल-खोल दऱ्या आणि घळी, विरळ...

Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. It freed our hands and freed our minds. We put one foot in front of the other without thinking - yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantages it gives us? In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane O’Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds. In Praise of Walking celebrates this miraculous ability.

In 2003, software engineer David Miller left his job, family, and friends to fulfill a dream and hike the Appalachian Trail. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail is Miller’s account of this thru-hike along the entire 2,172 miles from Georgia to Maine. On page after page, readers are treated to rich...

"Er du en af de efterhånden mange danskere, der drømmer om at gå langt? Om at vandre 200, 500, 800 eller mange tusinde kilometer? En vandring i uger eller måneder er et ambitiøst mål, som kan ændre dit liv, men som kræver forberedelse, hvis du vil have en chance for at nå målet. Gå...

"Da Gitte Holtze tog afsted på 4.265 kilometers vandring fra Mexico til Canada, var hun et sort sted i sit liv. Hun var blevet skilt, hendes far var død, hun havde mistet den identitet, hun havde i kraft af sit job, og hun havde det sidste år været fanget i et giftigt forhold til en mand...

Denne bog er en forkortet udgave af ”Kebnekaisefjeldene – en komplet guide til det unikke fjeldområde”. Med forkortet menes at den indeholder samtlige rutebeskrivelser ligeså udførligt beskrevet som i den større bog. Udeladt er dog afsnit om geologi, dyre- og planteliv og en masse...

Kungsledens nordligste strækning fra Abisko til Singi-hytterne, og derfra videre ad Dag Hammarskjölds led til Nikkaluokta forbi Kebnekaise fjeldstation, er en af Nordens smukkeste og mest populære fjeldvandringer. Denne rute er også skueplads for Fjällräven Classic hver sommer. Bogen her...

Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest challenge yet: navigating the treacherous foothills of the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range. Praised by Bear Grylls, Levison Wood has been called "the toughest man on TV" (The Times...

From the award-winning author of Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon comes an intimate exploration of Alaska's northernmost mountain range with observations on Indigenous cultures, conservation, and intense cross-country travel, all shaped by respect for the land. Follow author Michael Engelhard through tussock-studded tundra for a remarkable tale of bear encounters and white-knuckled river moments, as well as poetic reflections on a vast, untamed landscape.

An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped driving and rediscovered the joys of traveling by foot.

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of...

I "Den tidlösa vägen" skildras pilgrimen Magnus Fyrfalks första möte med El Camino de Santiago de Compostela - den över 800 kilometer långa vandringleden från franska Pyrenéernas snöklädda berg, till Atlantkusten i Galicien. Hans personliga och målande berättande låter läsaren...