Packrafting! An Introduction & How-To GuideDial 208pp/color photos ISBN 9780974818832 This book is about exploring wilderness and whitewater by packraft, a lightweight, portable boat usually weighing less than five pounds. It covers gear and technique as well as the many applications for packrafting. Packrafting can be combined with mountaineering, backcountry skiing, mountain biking or trekking as part of long expeditions or short day trips. The author has been a leader of the packrafting movement for two decades, from first descents of Class V creeks to multi-week traverses of Alaska's Brooks Range to the first packrafting trek in the Grand Canyon in January 2008 Item Status: In stock as of this morning | |||