Smarter Backpacking After 50 Or How Any Trekker Can Adapt Any Hike to Any Age Or Fitness

Book excerpt: Smarter Backpacking after 50 is a book that aims show hikers how to plan for and adapt their treks to their current capacity. Something that goes for any age, but is of particular interest for people that are not supermen in peak fitness due to age, maladies, gender or lack of training. Jorgen Johansson shows how use of lightweight and ultraligth hiking techniques can allow any person to get the most out of his or her long or short hikes in the outdoors.By distiling wilderness travel into its simplest components this becomes a book for day-hikers and thru-hikers, newbies and experienced backpackers or travellers alike. Jorgen Johansson has also authored Smarter Backpacking or How every backpacker can apply lightweight trekking and ultralight hiking techniques.About the authorJorgen Johansson was a traditional backpacker for decades until he started using and adapting ultralight and lightweight backpacking techniques to the demanding environment of the tundra mountains of northern Europe.He has hiked in many areas of the northern hemisphere,including the Alps, Ireland, Canada, Alaska and other parts of the US.He has published the well received Smarter Backpacking as well as several books on backpacking in Swedish. Apart from his books he also contributes articles to outdoor magazines and holds courses and lectures on lightweight hiking techniques. He lives just north of Stockholm, Sweden. More info on Jorgen and his books can be found at www.smarterbackpacking.com.