How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking

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.

Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 08/24/2021
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.45h x 6.06w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781680513110


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 09/03/2021

About the Author
Helmuth, Diana: - 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.Dunston, Latasha: - An illustrator and painter, Latasha Dunston 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.