NC Conservation Network – 2012 Holiday Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 16, 2012 06:00 PM EST

Books

"Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway" (Autographed)

Item Number
314
Estimated Value
20 USD
Sold
10 USD to cbill5
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway
Author: Randy Johnson
Autographed paperback book

Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway is the best-selling trail guide to the Parkway, the most visited unit of the national park system. It covers all the trails on the Parkway in NC and VA and extensive trail system's that lie beside the road. It has excellent maps, extensive photographs, introductions to each section of the Parkway, and a complete mileage log for the road and bloom guide for flowers. Author Randy Johnson launched the trail management program that kept Grandfather Mountain open to the public and helped lead to preservation of the mountain as a state park. He's a travel writer and photojournalist and former editor of United Airlines inflight magazine Hemispheres, named "world's best inflight magazine" in 2006. This book is signed thanking the buyer for supporting conservation in North Carolina.

Look inside to find:
*Hikes suited to every ability, from 0.1-mile nature walks to 13-mile backpacks, with options for longer treks
*Accurate directions to both popular and less-traveled trails
*Up-to-date trail descriptions and detailed trail maps
*Difficulty ratings and elevation gain for each hike
*Mileage log for the entire Parkway and a guide to wildflowers
*Tips for zero-impact hiking, trail etiquette, and hiking with kids

Randy Johnson is an authority on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the author of Hiking North Carolina and Best Easy Day Hikes Blue Ridge Parkway (both FalconGuides). He was previously the longtime editor of United Airlines' award-winning in-flight magazine, Hemispheres. He lives in Banner Elk, North Carolina.

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