CONTENTS

Foreword by Bill McKibben

Introduction

I. HIKERS: WHO ARE WE?

1. THAT PACK ON THE BACK: MAE WEST VS. TWIGGY

2. BACKPACKERS’ FAVORITE LIES

3. PEAKBAGGING

4. THE 2,000-MILE COMMUNITY ON THE MOVE

5. WINTER CAMPING IDYLL

6. THE GREATEST WALKERS OF THEM ALL

II. THE NEW ETHIC

7. THE COMING OF THE LUG-SOLED ARMY

8. CLEANING UP OUR ACT

9. LOW-IMPACT HIKING: OF BOOTS, MUD, AND GRANDMOTHERS

10. LOW-IMPACT CAMPING: SWINGING IN THE WOODS

11. LOW-IMPACT COOKING: THE FIRE GOES OUT

12. THE 46ERS

III. TOWARD A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP

13. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE NUTS

14. TRAIL TENDING

15. SEVEN DAYS IN APRIL

16. TO SAVE A MOUNTAIN FLOWER: PRESERVING ALPINE AREAS— A THREE-PART SAGA

Saga 1: The Physical Component

Saga 2: Education above the Trees

Saga 3: Making Two Blades of Grass to Grow

17. ROCK CLIMBERS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT, 1970

IV. FOUR UNRESOLVED IMPACT ISSUES

Case Study 1: Low-Impact Bushwhacking

Case Study 2: Man’s Best Friend—or Menace to Wilderness?

Case Study 3: Rock Climbers and Their Environment, 1990

Case Study 4: Winter Camping—Tracks in More Than the Snow

Epilogue

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index