Rookies in the Wild is the backpacking bible for those who don't backpack (and some that do). The true tale of a father and son who head off for one of the most beautiful-and ruggedly remote- areas of the country with no hiking experience, an overload of brand new gear, and a rich complement of paranoia. This comic, soft-core adventure story begins in Iowa and journeys to the Pacific Crest Trail in the Trinity Alps Wilderness of northern California....