Describes the skills and materials involved in cross-country hiking and urges backpackers to respect the wilderness environment

Backpacking: One Step at a Time

Sports & Outdoors

Manning, Harvey

Hiking & Camping

Random House, Inc.

No missing pages, Water Damage, or stains. Spine shows creasing. This is a readable copy.

Backpacking, one step at a time

Individual Sports

Vintage Books

Recent innovations in backpacking gear and clothing are all covered in this new revision which continues to contain everything you need to know to strike out in the wilderness. Illustrated. A classic!

Reference

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Backpacking One Step At a Time

Vintage

"This is simply one of my favorite books." —Robert Michael Pyle 
In this unique memoir, noted writer, environmental activist, and Pacific Northwest native Harvey Manning describes a memorable walk along the shoreline from Seattle to Bellingham—a 150-mile trek on which Manning covered nearly 3,000 foot-miles over a two-year period of walking routes in the lowlands and foothills of the Puget Basin. 
Harvey Manning is the author of many Northwest trail guides, but this is no trail guide. It is a beautifully written tale of "low adventure," a personal account of Manning's experiences and thoughts during his long walk, mingled with memories of particular beaches over many decades and reflections on the area's natural history. 
First published in 1986, "Walking the Beach to Bellingham" contains a message sure to resonate with readers today. Manning's local wanderings underscore his strong belief in staying put and exploring one's home place. "Generally, people should stay home," he writes. "Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little." 
Hikers who use and love Manning's popular trail guides will welcome this new edition of "Walking the Beach to Bellingham," as will environmentalists, serious walkers, readers of nature writing, and anyone who feels at home on the shores of Puget Sound. 
"Harvey Manning is a life-long outdoorsman whose feelings for the natural world and passion for its preservation have been deeply imprinted upon the American consciousness." —Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Mount Everest 
"This is simply one of my favorite books of all time. Harvey Manning, a devilishly sainted campaigner for the land and a great curmudgeonly wit, makes the best companion you could want for this odd and wondrous walk, this true Thoreauvian saunter. Between all the kipper snacks, high tides, and hellberries, 'Walking the Beach to Bellingham' strides with a fine literary reach, snapping and singing with wonder and whim." —Robert Michael Pyle, author of "Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage" 
"What an exhilarating stride Harvey Manning hits in this remarkable hike along our inland sea." —Ivan Doig, author of "This House of Sky" and "Winter Brothers" 
"This series of walks must have set a record for wetness—Manning slogged through sloughs, mud flats, flood deltas; he states that this is not a trail guide, but a personal reconnaissance of a beloved territory. For hikers and anyone with a sense of place." —Publishers Weekly

Walking the Beach to Bellingham (Northwest Reprints)

History

Americas

Oregon State University Press

In this memoir, noted writer, environmental activist, and Pacific Northwest native Harvey Manning describes a memorable walk along the shoreline from Seattle to Bellingham - a 150-mile trek on which Manning covered nearly 3,000 foot-miles over a two-year period of walking routes in the lowlands and foothills of the Puget Basin. Harvey Manning is the author of many Northwest trail guides, but this is no trail guide. It is a beautifully written tale of "low adventure," a personal account of Manning's experiences and thoughts during his long walk, mingled with memories of particular beaches over many decades and reflections on the area's natural history. First published in 1986, Walking the Beach to Bellingham contains a message sure to resonate with readers today. Manning's local wanderings underscore his strong belief in staying put and exploring one's home place. "Generally, people should stay home," he writes. "Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little." Hikers who use and love Manning's popular trail guides will welcome this new edition of Walking the Beach to Bellingham, as will environmentalists, serious walkers, readers of nature writing, and anyone who feels at home on the shores of Puget Sound.

Walking the Beach to Bellingham

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Madrona Pub

138 pp, many color photos. "an invaluable and major contribution to Northwest conservation history, reflecting the strong vision and viewpoint of its principal author, Harvey Manning, and his close ally, the late David Brower. It is lively and thoroughly human in dimension. The power of the book comes from pure passion to protect and preserve a matchless, magnificent fragment of raw nature: the wilderness alps of the North Cascade Mountains." - Michael Frome.

Washington wilderness: The unfinished work

The Mountaineers

Footsore: Walks & hikes around Puget Sound

100 Hikes in the NORTH CASCADES Ira Spring &amp; Harvey Manning The Mountaineers.

100 Hikes in the North Cascades: Mt. Baker Area, North Cascades Np, Ross Lake Nra, Pasayten Wilderness, Methow-Chelan

Travel

Spring, IRA

United States

100 Hikes in the South Cascades and Olympics

Sterling, E.M.

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Manning, Harvey. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Manning, Harvey