hiking

"Marlon does not like camping. No internet. No gaming. Boring! But he has no choice. Steve's dad has organized a camping trip. On their first night, Marlon convinces Steve to go on a night hike. What could happen"--Back cover.

Rachel's serene existence with her family in the Yukon is torn apart when her father, who had been depressed, disappears, and when she goes hiking through the valley passes with her dog, she reinvents childhood fairy tales that reflect her own journey.

The author recounts his harrowing experiences of being trapped for six days in Blue John Canyon in Utah and having to amputate his own right arm in order to save his life.

"Hit the Trail girls! The Appalachian Trail. Honey Moon and the Spooky Scouts set off on a mountain trek to earn their final Mummy Mates patch. But an inept troop leader, a flash flood and a campfire catastrophe threaten to keep them from reaching the finish line in time"--Back cover.

A young girl and her family take a hike in the mountains for the first time and see many surprises.

"A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek, told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America"--Amazon.com.

Beth and her brother, Reese, are camping with their parents in Montana's Glacier National Park and find strange, enormous footprints while on a hike.

Four teenagers experience terrifying and unexpected difficulties on a camping trip at Yosemite National Park.

"If one keeps on walking, everything will be alright." So said Danish writer Soren Kierkegaard, and so thought philosophy buff Gary Hayden as he set off on Britain's most challenging trek: to walk from John O'Groats to Land's End. But it wasn't all quaint country lanes, picture-postcard villages and cosy bed and breakfasts. In this humorous, inspiring and delightfully British tale, Gary finds solitude and weary limbs bring him closer to the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers. Recalling Rousseau's reverie, Bertrand Russell's misery, Plato's love of beauty and Epicurus' joy in simplicity, "Walking with Plato" offers a breath of fresh, country air and clarity for anyone craving an escape from the humdrum of everyday life.