Luc Mehl grew up on the Kuskokwim River in interior Alaska. With graduate degrees from UCSB and MIT, he applies academic and village skillsets to his work as a swiftwater safety instructor and environmental data scientist. Mehl has traveled over 10,000 miles by packraft, skis, bike, and ice skates. He lives in Anchorage. Sarah K. Glaser was born and raised in Moose Pass, Alaska. An education and adventure illustrator, she loves to combine "type-two" adventures and compulsive doodling. Her illustrations have appeared on sidewalks, helicopters, ambulances, dump trucks, and on/in a half-dozen books. She lives in Anchorage.
The Packraft Handbook captures Luc's knowledge about backcountry
river travel. Everything from reading water to river hazards,
packraft gear and safety equipment, 'The Packraft Handbook' reaches
both beginners and expert paddlers.--Mary Cochenour "Out and Back
Podcast"
A staple for paddlers.... [The Packraft Handbook has] now become
the bible for outdoor recreators taking their inflatable rafts into
the backcountry.--Chris Bieri "Anchorage Daily News"
An ideal DIY instructional guide and manual that is immense
interest and value to anyone wanting to safely get the most out of
boating and other forms of wilderness oriented recreation.
Impressively comprehensive and thoroughly 'user friendly' in
organization and presentation, The Packraft Handbook: An
Instructional Guide for the Curious is a 'must.'-- "Midwest Book
Review"
This book is to the burgeoning and exciting sport of packrafting
what Freedom of the Hills has long been for mountaineering: a
foundational tome, an encyclopedic body of knowledge for beginners
and experts alike, a book that will surely stand the test of time.
Compelling writing, excellent photography, and superb illustrations
combine to make this an exceptional guidebook. Most importantly, it
is a treatise on risk taking and risk assessment. It is not an
exaggerated claim to say that this book will actually save
lives.--Chris Kalman "Banff Mountain Book Competition Jury"
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