The green guide to low-impact hiking and camping

Hikers: who are we?

That pack on the back: Mae West vs. Twiggy

Backpackers' favorite lies

Peakbagging

The 2,000-mile community on the move

Winter camping idyll

The greatest walkers of them all

II. The new ethic

The coming of the lug-soled army

Cleaning up our act

Low-impact hiking: of boots, mud, and grandmothers

Low-impact camping: swinging in the woods

Low-impact cooking: the fire goes out

The 46ers

III. Toward a sense of stewardship

A day in the life of the nuts

Trail tending

Seven days in April

To save a mountain flower: preserving alpine areas

a three part saga. The physical component ; Education above the trees ; Making two blades of grass to grow

Rock climbers and their environment, 1970

IV. Four unresolved impact issues

Case study 1: Low-impact bushwhacking

Case study 2: Man's best friend, or menace to wilderness?

Case study 3: Rock climbers and their environment, 1990

Case study 4: Winter camping: tracks in more than the snow

Epilogue.