Media 31: On Trails by Robert Moor

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

Like most hikers, when I’m reading about trails it is usually with a practical purpose in mind. Guidebooks, forum posts, magazines, and trail status updates by government agencies are read diligently before an upcoming hike or perused when looking for ideas about where to hike next. When the owner of a local bookstore, familiar with my outdoor hobbies, recommended the book On Trails by Robert Moor to me I was intrigued by his description of the book as taking a holistic perspective on the subject of trails. It struck me that I’d never really paid much attention to trails in an abstract or philosophical context and, being a curious person, I picked up the book and eagerly delved into the text...

@Mark reviews the book On Trails by Robert Moor in Issue 31:

On Trails Review

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