Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country
by Kathy Copeland, Craig Copeland
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Author: Craig Copeland, Kathy CopelandEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-17
ISBN: 089997452X
Number of pages: 446
Publisher: Wilderness Press
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- ISBN13: 9780899974521
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Book Reviews of Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country
Book Review: Hiking is a conversation with the earth
Summary: 5 Stars
Occasionally we receive a note from someone who's purchased one of our hiking guidebooks and is disappointed to find it does not include GPS data. Each of these notes is, in substance, identical to the book review Michael Boyd posted in this forum. None of these readers has ever stated a specific destination or site that our book describes and that he or she failed to reach. So they're not actually finding fault with our book. They're instead expressing their belief that a GPS unit is required hiking equipment in all circumstances, therefore all contemporary hiking guidebooks should contain GPS data. We write opinionated guidebooks, so we of course welcome readers' commentary. But we vehemently disagree with this particular point of view.
GPS is utterly unnecessary if you have a complete, precisely-written description of the established route, which is what we provide for each trip in every book we write. Actually, GPS is worse than unnecessary. It's a distraction--a vestige of the office cubicle, which is what most of us seek to escape when we go hiking. You're trekking long distance, off trail, cross-country? By all means, carry a GPS unit; your survival might depend on it. You're using our guidebook? Bring your compass, but leave your GPS unit at home; you won't need it. Excluding GPS data from our guidebooks was a conscious decision. We did not want to suggest hikers must purchase, carry and use a GPS unit. We opted instead to carefully craft our books, liberating hikers from the "GPS is necessary" myth.
Compared to a compass, a GPS unit is heavier, bulkier, more fragile, more complex, more time consuming, occasionally foiled by topography (particularly canyons), dependent on batteries, and way more expensive. Including GPS data in our books would not serve the vast majority of hikers. It would deprive them of a joyful sense of discovery. Moreover, it would deter them from developing the rewarding, potentially lifesaving skill of learning to read the land. Hiking, after all, is a conversation with the earth. Constantly fiddling with and peering at a GPS unit interrupts that conversation.
Mr. Boyd, in his review of our WOW Utah book, also says he prefers the maps in Michael Kelsey's books. That's odd, given Mr. Boyd's allegiance to technology. Kelsey's maps were hand sketched. They suggest rock-art and ruin locations but do not pinpoint them. The maps in our book were painstakingly designed and are illuminated by our detailed, highly-visual descriptions of where en route hikers should look for archaeological treasures. We're confident hikers will find our WOW Utah book a unique resource: not only an efficient, accurate guide, but also a source of inspiration.
Summary of Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country
This second book in the new full-color WOW series covers 90 trails in southern Utah?s spectacular canyon country that epitomize the “wonder of wilderness.? The authors hiked over 1600 miles through Zion, Bryce, Escalante-Grand Staircase, Glen Canyon, Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa, Canyonlands, Moab, Arches, Capitol Reef, and the San Rafael Swell in order to compile their list of 90 WOW hikes. Coverage ranges from short dayhikes to multi-day backpacking adventures. The book describes precisely where to find the redrock cliffs, slick-rock domes, soaring arches, and ancient ruins that make southern Utah unique. And it does so in a refreshing style—honest, literate, entertaining, and inspiring.
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