The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual

Equipment Care, Repair, and Selection

Annie Getchell, David Getchell, David Getchell

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TAB Books Inc
16 April 2000

Clothing & footwear manufacture; Active outdoor pursuits

Here's what reviewers said about the first edition of The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual""The trouble with outdoor equipment is that everyone has an opinion--one usually based on advertising hype, personal bias, or hearsay. Finally, here's a book that gives you all the information necessary to make objective buying decisions. This book, with its sound advice, will save you money and make you a better backcountry traveler.""--Nancy Prichard, outdoor adventure journalist""Think about something that we all need, yet we'd all hate to have to write a book about. After mouthwash, we'd probably settle on gear repair and maintenance. Thank goodness Annie Getchell came along with her artist's sensitivity for detail, a flair for language, and best of all, her wit. From repairing zippers to selecting 'green' adhesives, she nails it and keeps us smiling the entire distance.""--John Viehman, Publisher of Backpacker and Executive Producer and Series Host of Anyplace Wild""The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual has set a new standard for books about gear.""--Backcountry""All of us should be grateful to Annie Getchell for creating what is the best book I have ever seen on caring for and repairing your outdoor gear. If you want to know how to make your gear last longer, you need this book. . . . This is the complete word on care and repair.""--Adventure West""The big challenge with this sort of book is to make what is essentially an instruction manual into something that's pleasant to read, functional, and authoritative. Annie Getchell pulls it off.""--Alan Kesselheim, writer and noted long-distance paddler

By: Annie Getchell, David Getchell
Revised by: David Getchell
Imprint: TAB Books Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780071357128
ISBN 10: 0071357122
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 16 April 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Annie and David Getchell has been using, selling, and writing about outdoor gear for more than 35 collective gears. This year they finished a four-year run as on-air co-host and producer, respectively, of the PBS series ""Anyplace Wild."" Annie is an experienced cross-country and downhill ski racer, canoeist, sea kayaker, rock climber, cyclist, and mountaineering instructor. She has for the past eight years been the outdoor gear columnist for AMC Outdoors magazine and is a frequent contributor to Backpacker magazine. Prior to producing ""Anyplace Wild"" David Getchell Jr. was the longtime equipment editor for Backpacker. Annie and David Getchell has been using, selling, and writing about outdoor gear for more than 35 collective gears. This year they finished a four-year run as on-air co-host and producer, respectively, of the PBS series ""Anyplace Wild."" Annie is an experienced cross-country and downhill ski racer, canoeist, sea kayaker, rock climber, cyclist, and mountaineering instructor. She has for the past eight years been the outdoor gear columnist for AMC Outdoors magazine and is a frequent contributor to Backpacker magazine. Prior to producing ""Anyplace Wild"" David Getchell Jr. was the longtime equipment editor for Backpacker.