Trails and Tribulations
Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2009
- Category
- Camping, General, Canoeing
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554883974
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $26.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770705029
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
In an age when "survival" shows permeate the media, noted northern traveller Hap Wilson shares accounts of his lifelong involvement with wilderness living within the Canadian Shield. Wilson knows better than most how to live in the woods. As park ranger, canoe guide, outfitter, trail builder, and environmental activist, he learned from firsthand experience that nature can neither be beaten or tamed.
Trails and Tribulations takes the reader on a journey with the author through natural settings ranging from austere to mysterious and breathtaking. Contents include animal attacks, bush fires, the threat of hypothermia, and vision-quest sites, to name but a few.
About the authors
Hap Wilson is an award winning-artist, author, photographer, guide, environmentalist, cartographer and eco trail builder living in Rosseau, Ont. His writing has appeared in Canadian Geographic, Explore and Canoe & Kayak. He has published a dozen nature and geography related books. His book Voyages-Canada's Heritage Rivers won the Natural Resources Council of America Award for best environmental book and the Bill Mason Award for lifetime achievement in River Conservation. Wilson, along with his wife Andrea, operate The Cabin Falls EcoLodge in Temagami, Ont. He lives in Rosseau, Ont.
Ingrid Zschogner is a self taught artist and outdoor enthusiast who has been creating detailed portraits in oil, graphite, and pastel for more than fifteen years. She is also a professional trailbuilder, wilderness guide, and environmental activist. To view Ingrid's portfolio, please visit her website at www.wildrosedesigns.ca.
Editorial Reviews
A recipient of the Bill Mason Award for life-long achievement in river conservation, (Hap Wilson) has written an impassioned and detailed account of a life led in a canoe-a bonus for everyone who loves the Canadian wilderness, canoeists and armchair voyageurs alike.
Sun-Times, The
Trails and Tribulations is the story of an expert outdoorsman familiar to many Canadians. It bursts with energy, honesty and surprisingly good storytelling.
Muskoka Magazine
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Temagami
A Wilderness Paradise
Hap Wilson's Wilderness 3-Book Bundle
The Cabin / Grey Owl and Me / Trails and Tribulations
River of Fire
Conflict and Survival on the Seal River
Lake Superior to Manitoba by Canoe
Mapping the Route into the Heart of the Continent
Grey Owl and Me
Stories From the Trail and Beyond
The Cabin
A Search for Personal Sanctuary
Canoeing, Kayaking and Hiking Temagami
Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley
Myth, Magic and Adventure
Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba
Journey by Canoe Through the Land Where the Spirit Lives
Canoeing and Hiking Wild Muskoka
An Eco-Adventure Guide