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100 Classic Hikes in Washington: North Cascades, Olympics, Mount Rainier and South Cascades
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1018677 in Books
- Published on: 1998-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Customer Reviews
Awesome loved it ira and harvey did
it again yes everybody will do these hikes but hey they left out a few its a really neat collection of their favorites and a lot of mine
ira and harvey are the bible writers of hiking in the northwest
a must own
A good guide by some old negative fussy butts.
The trail descriptions and the amount of information in all of Ira Spring and Harvey Manning's books are great. They provide some great info, but....they are two of the most negative guide book writers that I have ever read. They hate dogs, motorcycles, bikes, and horses, as well as the Forest Service and NPS. Fine, hate them, say it once, get it over with and then shut-up about it. But no, they go on and on and on about motorcycles, mountain bikes, and everything that does not meet their definition of appropriate recreation. I took a black marker to all of the negative comments in their North Cascades book, and black ended up on almost every page. Again, it has good information and can be really helpful if you can stomach the negativity.
If you've read their other guides, you've read this one.
While this edition supplies something that the other books in Spring and Mannings series don't, namely color pictures, there is really very little new here. The authors have updated the text in a few instances and their introduction/preface is new, but there are pictures and descriptions in this book that date to the First Edition.
And I must ask "Why?" Why was it necessary to publish this book? Spring and Manning endlessly lament the fact that most of these hikes are overcrowded, overused, overloved, trampled beyond all recognition, and yet they publish a "new" guidebook so that these very places may be abused to a greater extent. I don't get it.
If you don't own the other books in this series and don't plan to buy them, by all means buy this one. Just don't be suprised if 2.5 million others are at the trailhead with you.
