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PACKRAFTING! An Introduction and How-To Guide
PACKRAFTING! is about exploring wilderness and whitewater by packraft, a lightweight, portable boat usually weighing less than five pounds. Readers will learn about packrafting 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.
PACKRAFTING! features stunning photography, a beautiful full-color layout, and is printed on very high quality paper for an experientially satisfying reading experience!
About the Author
Roman Dial 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. Dial is a professor of Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Outdoor Studies at Alaska Pacific University, where he teaches packrafting courses.
About the Publisher
Backpacking Light promotes multi-day, self-supported ("backpackable"), backcountry travel in lightweight style. Not only does packrafting as a sport squarely fit into this core mission, but Packrafting! as a book reflects the wilderness independence of doing more with less that is at the heart and soul of Backpacking Light.
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Ryan Jordan, publisher of Backpacking Light Magazine and a pioneer of packrafting in the northern Rocky Mountains, said, "There may be no better single tool for long distance wilderness travel than a packraft, and no better instructor for using it than Roman Dial. Roman has proved packrafting technique over and again. The rest of us will benefit immensely from his experience."
Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, says "It was no accident that Roman was among the first people on the planet to understand that the packraft would revolutionize wilderness exploration."
Brad Meiklejohn, the Alaska Representative for The Conservation Fund said, "Roman Dial is the Pied Piper of Packrafting. If you're not careful, his infectious enthusiasm will seduce you to squander every spare moment of your life in search of the next classic day of butt-boating."
PACKRAFTING! features stunning photography, a beautiful full-color layout, and is printed on very high quality paper for an experientially satisfying reading experience!
About the Author
Roman Dial 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. Dial is a professor of Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Outdoor Studies at Alaska Pacific University, where he teaches packrafting courses.
About the Publisher
Backpacking Light promotes multi-day, self-supported ("backpackable"), backcountry travel in lightweight style. Not only does packrafting as a sport squarely fit into this core mission, but Packrafting! as a book reflects the wilderness independence of doing more with less that is at the heart and soul of Backpacking Light.
Reviews
Ryan Jordan, publisher of Backpacking Light Magazine and a pioneer of packrafting in the northern Rocky Mountains, said, "There may be no better single tool for long distance wilderness travel than a packraft, and no better instructor for using it than Roman Dial. Roman has proved packrafting technique over and again. The rest of us will benefit immensely from his experience."
Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, says "It was no accident that Roman was among the first people on the planet to understand that the packraft would revolutionize wilderness exploration."
Brad Meiklejohn, the Alaska Representative for The Conservation Fund said, "Roman Dial is the Pied Piper of Packrafting. If you're not careful, his infectious enthusiasm will seduce you to squander every spare moment of your life in search of the next classic day of butt-boating."
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 23, 2008
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About the author
Roman Dial
4 books151 followersRoman Dial lives in Anchorage, Alaska with his wife Peggy and Icelandic Sheepdog Poppy. A professor of mathematics and biology at Alaska Pacific University since 1992, he is also an avid adventurer.
He's written two books: Packrafting! An Introduction and How-to Guide and The Adventurer's Son, which was released February 18, 2020 by William Morrow and imprint of Harper Collins.
He's written two books: Packrafting! An Introduction and How-to Guide and The Adventurer's Son, which was released February 18, 2020 by William Morrow and imprint of Harper Collins.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
January 25, 2019
I only read Part I because I wasn't interested in the trips described in Part II. The book was just okay because the intended audience seemed to be boaters rather than backpackers. I'm more of a backpacker, so would have appreciated some explanatory figures and a glossary of terms.
Read: 23 Jan 2019
Read: 23 Jan 2019
February 11, 2020
Good overview and history of packrafting plus tales of some great packrafting adventures to inspire you but for a lot of the technique stuff (e.g. reading water) you would be better off with a paddling book (e.g. 'Kayak: the new frontier' by Nealy).
August 31, 2013
I enjoyed reading this book a lot. In addition to being informative, it was also well designed/laid-out and interesting from cover to cover. Lots of great images as well, which I really enjoyed.
August 14, 2021
I really enjoyed this book, lot of great stories highlighting that adventure spirit and was very entertaining throughout.
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