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Fastpacking: Multi-day Running Adventures
Guidebook to fastpacking - multi-day running trips carrying the bare essentials - in the UK, Europe and beyond. Includes 12 route ideas (all tried and tested), fastpacking stories from around the world (featuring Jez Bragg, Anna Frost and Jasmin Paris), and invaluable tips and tricks to help you prepare for your own running adventure.
A summary of each route idea is provided, together with mapping and a gradient profile, as well as highlights, tips and 'tales from the trail'. Invaluable practical information is also included, covering everything you need to know to prepare and plan for a training, accommodation options, safety, equipment, apparel, nutrition, hydration and more.
The route ideas and stories featured showcase an impressive range of fastpacking opportunities, both in the UK and abroad. From mountain hut hopping trips, bothy discovery tours and wild camping expeditions, the inspirational tales and selected trails are guaranteed to entice 'everyday' runners to try their hand at a multi-day journey, be it in the Brecon Beacons, Bhutan or beyond.
A summary of each route idea is provided, together with mapping and a gradient profile, as well as highlights, tips and 'tales from the trail'. Invaluable practical information is also included, covering everything you need to know to prepare and plan for a training, accommodation options, safety, equipment, apparel, nutrition, hydration and more.
The route ideas and stories featured showcase an impressive range of fastpacking opportunities, both in the UK and abroad. From mountain hut hopping trips, bothy discovery tours and wild camping expeditions, the inspirational tales and selected trails are guaranteed to entice 'everyday' runners to try their hand at a multi-day journey, be it in the Brecon Beacons, Bhutan or beyond.
200 pages, Paperback
Published January 31, 2019
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March 5, 2019
Fastpacking by Lily Dyu is an overview of fastpacking in three main parts.
Firstly there’s an overview of the sport, followed with a series of stories from different fastpackers. There’s then a final section detailing a number of routes with some good practical advice for taking them. There’s a strong UK bias (which is fine for me), and Dyu avoids giving specific kit recommendations which will help the book not date.
Overall an excellent introduction to an interesting area of trail running.
Firstly there’s an overview of the sport, followed with a series of stories from different fastpackers. There’s then a final section detailing a number of routes with some good practical advice for taking them. There’s a strong UK bias (which is fine for me), and Dyu avoids giving specific kit recommendations which will help the book not date.
Overall an excellent introduction to an interesting area of trail running.
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