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Title: Hiking Southern California: A Guide to Southern California's Greatest Hiking Adventures by Ron Adkison ISBN: 0-7627-1124-8 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Peak Lover's Guide to California Hiking
Comment: Ron Adkinson has written numerous hiking guides for Falcon Press. One suspects his massive list of publications is really meant to subsidize his true passion: hiking. Not a bad way to live. This particular guide covers much of Southern California and hidden within its pages are some true gems.
Adkin's book is divided into four parts: Death Valley, the Mojave National Preserve, Southern California Mountains, and Joshua Tree National Park. In each area he includes a number of hikes that are classics: beautiful hikes mentioned in many guides and on which you are certain to encounter many people. But the book also contains numerous out of the way gems that you won't find elsewhere. In the mountains section, for example, he includes Pacific Crest Trail rambles along Sierra Pelona ridge and the Scodie Mountains, scenic areas you won't find described elsewhere. Indeed, people hoping to "get away from it all" will find ample opportunity to do so among the pages of this book.
Adkinson has a strong bias towards climbing peaks. You won't find a lot of nature walks in this guide, although he does include a sprinkling of short family hikes (the Cholla Cactus Gardens in Joshua Tree is my favorite). But if you like good views, this is the guide to get. The only reason this book receives 4 stars instead of 5 is for what it does not cover. It is simply unthinkable that a guide to Southern California hiking should exclude the whole of San Diego and Orange Counties. These areas have some beautiful country that deserves coverage in a volume of this scope. Unfortunately the recent (2003) fires destroyed many fine hiking areas (including most of Rancho Cuyamaca State Park) so it is all the more important that modern guides update what is available in this area.
Despite the lack of comprehensive coverage implied by the title this is an excellent book. Get it and enjoy.
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Title: 101 Hikes in Southern California: Exploring Mountains, Seashore and Desert (101 Hikes) by Jerry Schad ISBN: 0899971938 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1969 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Day Hiker's Guide to Southern California (Day Hiker's Guides) by John McKinney ISBN: 0934161151 Publisher: Olympus Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels (Hiking & Biking) by John W. Robinson ISBN: 0899972322 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Foghorn Outdoors: California Hiking: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,000 of the Best Hikes by Tom Stienstra, Ann Marie Brown ISBN: 1566914876 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Hiking Northern California by Ron Adkison ISBN: 156044701X Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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