Discover Canada

Discover Canada

100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures

Leigh McAdam

Outdoorswoman Leigh McAdam has been to 54 countries on every continent except Antarctica. Her popular outdoor blog hikebiketravel.com, which attracts a large following of kindred spirits, vicarious travelers and, increasingly, admirers of her fine photographic skills, receives 36,500 page views per month. Now in Discover Canada 100 adventures selected from the author’s vast experience of year-round, outdoor experiences are presented with detailed maps and McAdam’s stunning photographs.

Writing as she travels, with good humour, wisdom and verve, McAdam guides readers to spectacular wilderness locations as well as sites of historical interest.

100 adventures in all ten provinces and three territories are rated for difficulty and come with information on getting there, the length of the trip and estimated time to accomplish it. Valuable preparedness tips, adventure highlights and interesting facts round out this essential guide for the wilderness adventurer. Selected to highlight areas of outstanding natural beauty in warm weather or winter ice and snow, these adventures are designed to be experienced while hiking, climbing, paddling, rafting, biking, skating or cross-country skiing. What better way to experience the Canadian landscape than by travelling through spectacular mountain and coastal scenery under your own steam?

Follow along with Leigh on her website, hikebiketravel.com

Editions:

Paperback:
ISBN: 9781926991467 (paperback)
Price: $29.95 CDN, $25.95 USD
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Pages: 256

Available via your local bookstore, Amazon or Chapters-Indigo

ISBN: 9781926991573 (ebook)
Price: $9.99 CDN, $7.99 USD Available via Bookbaby or Amazon
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Reviews and Testimonials:

Several years of travelling around the world have taught us how good we have it in our own beautiful backyard of Canada. Leigh’s book is an amazing showcase of that, and her dedication in compiling these top adventures is extremely admirable. She is an absolute authority in all things outdoors, and we have already added several of these amazing adventures to our own to-do list!
—Dalene and Pete Heck
2014 National Geographic Travelers of the Year, HeckticTravels.com

Where can you kayak with orcas, hike amongst glaciers and bike along stunning coastline? Canadian travel writer Leigh McAdam answers all these questions and more in her latest book, Discover Canada: 100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures
—BC Living

We met Leigh in Tanzania while cycling from Cairo to Cape Town. Her determination and will to never give up and push forward through even the most extreme conditions inspired us. We’ve been following her adventures online ever since and have particularly enjoyed her Canadian outdoor experiences. With every hike, bike and travel Leigh showcases her love and passion for the country. If Leigh suggests an activity, you can be sure we’ll follow her advice as she is one of the leading outdoor authorities on great adventures throughout Canada.

—Dave and Deb
www.theplanetd.com

Writing the book as she travelled, with good humour, wisdom and verve, McAdam guides readers to spectacular wilderness locations. All 100 adventures were chosen under the guidelines that they must be human powered taking readers through spectacular mountain and coastal scenery under their own steam.
—Paddle Canada

ISBN: 9781926991467
256 Pages
CDN/USD

Leigh McAdam is an outdoor travel and adventure addict. She is not a “hang off the cliff by your fingernails” sort of adventurer, at least for the most part, but she does love the thrill of the odd wildly epic day.

She has traveled extensively, having visited over 50 countries, always on a mission to do something active. Here’s a sampling: renting donkeys and a donkey driver to do the Alpa Mayo circuit in the Peruvian Andes, hiking around Mount Manaslu in Nepal, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, kayaking in HaLong Bay in Vietnam and cycling from Tanzania to Botswana. It gives her an excellent background to pass judgment about relative experiences in Canada.

Since 2009, she has been feeding her addiction for the outdoors and relating her adventures in her well-followed travel blog: HikeBikeTravel.com. She has built a large following of kindred spirits, vicarious travellers and increasingly, admirers of her fine photographic skills. She has broadened this platform through an expertise in social media including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Google Plus.

Her appreciation for outdoor adventures grew with a move to Boulder, Colorado where she lived for 10 years. Now in Calgary, she’s happy to have the Rocky Mountains as a playground.

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Leigh McAdam is an outdoor travel and adventure addict. She is not a “hang off the cliff by your fingernails” sort of adventurer, at least for the most part, but she does love the thrill of the odd wildly epic day.

She has traveled extensively, having visited over 50 countries, always on a mission to do something active. Here’s a sampling: renting donkeys and a donkey driver to do the Alpa Mayo circuit in the Peruvian Andes, hiking around Mount Manaslu in Nepal, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, kayaking in HaLong Bay in Vietnam and cycling from Tanzania to Botswana. It gives her an excellent background to pass judgment about relative experiences in Canada.

Since 2009, she has been feeding her addiction for the outdoors and relating her adventures in her well-followed travel blog: HikeBikeTravel.com. She has built a large following of kindred spirits, vicarious travellers and increasingly, admirers of her fine photographic skills. She has broadened this platform through an expertise in social media including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Google Plus.

Her appreciation for outdoor adventures grew with a move to Boulder, Colorado where she lived for 10 years. Now in Calgary, she’s happy to have the Rocky Mountains as a playground.