(Ebook) Woman in the Wild: The Everywoman's Guide to Hiking, Camping, and Backcountry Travel by Susan Joy Paul ISBN 9781493049752, 1493049755, 2020047862, 2020047863

(Ebook) Woman in the Wild: The Everywoman's Guide to Hiking, Camping, and Backcountry Travel by Susan Joy Paul ISBN 9781493049752, 1493049755, 2020047862, 2020047863

If so many women were interested in getting outside, why weren’t more ofthem out there? Talking to them after my presentations, I got my answer. Theywanted to explore the backcountry, but they didn’t know where tostart. Some had joined hiking groups that hadn’t worked out. Thepeople who ran them tended to take a militant approach to the wholeexperience. There was an overriding sense of competition, with theexperienced members held in high regard, while people new to theoutdoors were looked down on and even castigated for not learningthe skills fast enough, not being strong enough, or not being fastenough. These women didn’t want to compete—they just wanted tolearn how to enjoy the backcountry safely and without getting lost. Ibelieved them, because I’d encountered similar situations when Istarted out: hiking groups led by gruff, overbearing taskmasters whothought their job was to whip you into shape and put you down whenyou didn’t measure up to their standards. I was lucky enough to findpeople who didn’t treat women this way, or I, too, may have given upon the backcountry.This book will give you everything you need to get started in theback-country, and lots of insider info from someone who’s beenthere. But it’s just the beginning. Once you take steps to become awoman in the wild, you’ll want to seek your own experiences. Readmore, take courses, and find people to learn with, and from. And getout there. Because a woman in the wild is the best kind of woman tobe.