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New Books
Boat Camping
Haida Gwaii
A Small-Vessel Guide
Second Edition
Neil Frazer
Harbour Publishing
Those who venture to remote Haida
Gwaii off the British Columbia coast,
whether by kayak or sailboat, are going to
be hungry for information on where to
go and how to get there. For years, Neil
Frazer’s Boat Camping Haida Gwaii was the
bible for self-directed visitors, particularly
kayakers, as it was the only resource
available. Worse yet, it went out of print,
making copies treasured for those lucky
enough to find one.
For 2010 Boat Camping is back, and
updated with all the necessary information:
camping, navigation, heritage sites, maps
and photos.
While light on color (all photos and
maps are black and white), detailed
and useful information compensates.
Particularly helpful is the use of latitude
and longitude coordinates at key points, a
feature likely to be helpful on the more wild
outer coasts for tracking features such as
rivers. No doubt this new volume will be a
feature in hatches or chart cases of kayakers
and boaters alike venturing to Haida Gwaii.
The Hungry
Kayaker
A common sense guide
to cooking and camping
By David Barnes
Friesen Press
Food can often make a trip, especially a
relaxed kayaking venture in a group setting,
when cooking can take on a whole social as
well as culinary experience.
There are numerous resources available
for cooking these days – for instance, for
backpackers as well as kayakers, or just
quick, easy and portable recipes that can be
adapted for the beach.
David Barnes takes a look specifically
at the kayaking set in his entry The Hungry
Kayaker, offering not just recipes but trip
advice from float plans to packing. In the
end it’s a bit recipe book, a bit entry-level
kayaking trip planning guide.
But mostly it’s recipes, and they run the
gamut from routine pancakes and gorp to
more involved offerings such as zucchini
risotto and curries.
A dearth of photos and a lack of color
help keep the offerings from jumping
off the page. Instead it’s all a bit grey and
uninviting. But the good news is anyone
is likely to find a few recipes to tempt the
taste buds. So should you be new kayaker
starting out, or a veteran hoping to spice up
your culinary repertoire, The Hungry Kayaker
will be worth a look.
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