Description: Helmuth's disarming practical advice strips away the pretentiousness of hiking and backpacking and encourages people to simply step outside--with a map, of course
Brief description: An illustrator and painter, Latasha Dunston Greene earned her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Her clients include Otterbox, Range magazine, Craghoppers, SNEWs, and the Denver Art Museum. Dunston is based in Denver.
Review Quotes: Whether you are a bonafide couch potato who has been ignoring the outdoor requirements of your own state, or you're an honorary Pacific Northwesterner ready to act the part, How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking will help you fill in all those getting-back-to-nature goals.--Corie K-B. "Powell's Book Buying Team"