The Well-Organized Camper Review

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(More customer reviews)I like to car camp and I like to backpack too. But I don't like getting ready! So many details, so much planning. This book has excellent organizational tips and lists that streamline the process. The author's philosophy is that "less is more" and she shows how to make that work in any camping situation. I was pleasantly surprised, after 20 years of camping, to find many new ideas for making my pack lighter, my camp food more interesting, and my feet happier (many good tips for foot care). I was also amazed by the dozens of uses to be gained from a bandana, dental floss, and a nylon net. I just wish I had had this book 20 years ago!

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Full of time-saving planning tips, this guide gets campers prepared for outdoor adventure by offering helpful advice on what to pack, how to organize gear, what to eat, how to plan a route, how to stay safe, and much more. A menu plan including home-dried one-pot meals makes eating on the trail fast and hearty. Handy master-packing lists help both novice and experienced campers pack only the necessary gear. This complete book will eliminate the obstacles that get in the way of outdoor fun whether readers are planning a backpacking trip, car camping fun, a camping trip with children, a paddle trip, a winter camping outing, or an international camping experience.

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Lipsmackin' Backpackin': Lightweight Trail-tested Recipes for Backcountry Trips Review

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(More customer reviews)We have 8 backpacking cookbooks including both of Christine's books. Lipsmackin' Backpackin' is by far our most used book in our kitchen. The recipes are easy to follow, use easy to obtain foodstuffs, are tasty, quick to prepare, and are even great out car camping where storage space is still at a premium in our little VW campmobile or for a quick busy nite at home dinner.
We bought this book in 2000 just before a 50 mile rim to rim extended hike in the Grand Canyon. Most of our older books dating back to the early 70's called out items that were hard to find early on and next to nonexistent now days. Freeze dried meals may be light but are expensive to use for the number of nites we spend out on the trail every year. Not to add 1 meal isn't enough and 1 for each of us is way too much, meaning that we have always had to repack 3 freeze dried meals into 2 meals or add extra ingredients to bulk them out. Rice mixes and couscous get old.
The recipes in Lipsmackin' Backpackin' were so yummy sounding that we packed a weeks worth of them into the Grand Canyon, without even trying them at home first. Every one of the recipes we tried has been a keeper. Except for a few recipes of our own that we have come up with over the years, or a few favorites, we have hardly used our other books since. It is our gift of choice for Christmas, wedding and birthday presents.
We are the backpacking coordinators for a local hiking club and the first thing we recommend to beginners trying to think of something to eat when backpacking, is to buy this book.
Note that while Christine makes good use of a dehydrator, we have found that preparedness stores carry a wide variety of dehydrated or freeze dried vegies, fruit, or meats to buy in bulk (even peanut butter powder and the ever elusive sour cream powder) so it is possible to produce many of the meals with a well stocked backpack foods pantry. On the other hand, we didn't buy our two dehydrators just to make apple rings with. With a little planning and a spring weekend of assembly line packing each year, we have a whole seasons worth of meals packed and ready to go down in our basement. Then all we have to do is make our minds up on which meals to take when we pack our packs. Cooking our meals usually does not take any longer than it takes our friends to cook what ever red or white glop they are making. Plus we can control portions so much easier and rarely have leftovers to pack out.

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Tasty backcountry cookbook filled with trail-tested recipes providing nutritional information, food preparation and meal-planning tips from experienced long-distance hikers.

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