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2022 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Instructional Outdoor Adventure Guide
  • Refreshingly approachable guide for aspiring backpackers and casual hikers of all stripes
  • Colorful and humorous illustrations throughout
  • Relatable, rising female voice in outdoor literature
Part critique of modern hiking culture and part how-to guide, How to Suffer Outside is for anyone who wants to hit the trail without breaking the bank. Diana Helmuth offers real advice, opinionated but accessible and based on in-the-field experiences. She wins readers’ hearts and trust through a blend of self-deprecating humor and good-natured heckling of both seasoned backpackers and urbanites who romanticize being outdoorsy, plus a helpful dose of the actual advice a novice needs to get started.

Featuring illustrations by artist Latasha Dunston, each chapter focuses on a critical topic: gear, food, hygiene, clothing, and more, along with useful checklists and resources. Humorous, philosophical, and practical, How to Suffer Outside teaches casual walkers, hikers, and campers of all stripes how to venture outdoors with confidence.

ISBN-13: 9781680513110

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Mountaineers Books - The

Publication Date: 08-24-2021

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Diana Helmuth has hiked extensively throughout the western US, Europe, and Chile. She studied cultural anthropology at University of California–Berkeley and the American University in Cairo. When she’s not on the trail or writing, she builds things in startup land and produces the occasional podcast. Helmuth lives in Oakland. An illustrator and painter, Latasha Dunston Greene earned her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Her clients include Otterbox, Range magazine, Craghoppers, SNEWs, and the Denver Art Museum. Dunston is based in Denver.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Chapter 1 Introductions: Who Am I, and Why Do I Believe in You? 15

Chapter 2 Gear: Let's Spend $2,000 in the Name of Minimalism 31

Chapter 3 Clothes: How to Not Get Killed by Your Jeans 51

Chapter 4 Shoes: How to Walk Upright with 15,000 Helpful Inserts 71

Chapter 5 Shelter: Bury Yourself Alive in Hot Green Nylon 93

Chapter 6 Food: Pop-Tarts Are Good for You Now 109

Chapter 7 Water: A.K.A. "Poison Control" 131

Chapter 8 Maps: Discovering It's Easier to Find Your Way Out Here Than in Life 143

Chapter 9 Hygiene: Or, Complete Lack Thereof 173

Chapter 10 Poop: Yes, It Deserves Its Own Chapter 189

Chapter 11 Crisis: How to Act Natural When You're Pretty Sure You're About to Die 199

Epilogue 215

Acknowledgments 219

Resources 221