The Packrafting Handbook - Luc Mehl
The Packrafting Handbook - Luc Mehl
** This is a fantastic resource for both novice and experienced packrafter’s alike. We highly recommend this book! - updated 25/2/24 **
2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides
The Packraft Handbook is a comprehensive guide to packrafting, with a strong emphasis on skill progression and safety. Readers will learn to maneuver through river features and open water, mitigate risk with trip planning and boat control, and react when things go wrong. Illustrated for visual learners and featuring stunning photography, The Packraft Handbook has something to offer all packrafters.
Author: Luc Mehl
Illustrations: Sarah K. Glaser
Weight: ~940grams
First Published: May 2021
Author and Alaskan adventurer Luc Mehl has spent over a year consolidating and compiling his 15+ years of wilderness packrafting and swift water safety knowledge into what is tipped to be the quintessential packrafting guidebook. The Packrafting Handbook is a comprehensive, peer reviewed, 400+ colour illustrated guidebook. Covering topics such as packrafing basics, trip preparedness, wilderness trip planning, river reading through to swiftwater safety. Luc grew up in rural Alaska and is a qualified instructor with Swift Water Safety Institute.