About Knife Edge Outdoor Guidebooks
Knife Edge was founded in 2018 by Andrew McCluggage
As an experienced and passionate multi-day trekker, Andrew felt that traditional guidebooks were out of date and lacking the information that trekkers really need in the internet age. He also thought that the designs were dull and boring. He wanted to make better, more beautiful guidebooks that simplified the job of planning and hiking long-distance treks. Quitting his job as a corporate lawyer, he set up Knife Edge Outdoor Guidebooks and began learning how to design and produce fabulous guidebooks.
Why are our guidebooks better?
What you really need to know is how to plan a trek: itineraries, accommodation, food, water, etc. However, for our competitors, trek planning is a mere afterthought and they fill their books with step by step directions for navigating the trail. Yet these days, most people navigate trails using GPX tracks and over-complicated directions are unnecessary. Accordingly, we focus in much greater detail on trek planning so that you can snag the best accommodation bookings. We still provide directions but they are more concise and user-friendly.
When planning a trek, the first step is to design an itinerary that matches your ability and experience. There is little point in booking trail accommodation until this is finalised. Our itinerary planners are far more comprehensive than anybody else's. We include up to 20 different itineraries and provide daily statitics for each of them. This enables you to quickly choose one that suits, saving you hours of work. You will not find these in any other books or on the web.
Unlike other books which contain useless sketch maps, ours contain real maps. In most cases, we produce our own mapping which is more up to date than many other traditional maps. Because we make our own, we can mark on them all accommodation, food and shops along the trail. This helps you to understand exactly where you can stay and where you will resupply. Other books do not provide this level of detail.
Our designs are more modern and exciting. Our professionally captured images help you visualise what you will see along the trail. There is nothing wrong with salivating over spectaular scenes even though your trek might be a year away!
Book/Map Bundles
Optimise your trek planning experience with our book/map combos
Unlike our competitors, we focus on trek planning and our guidebooks help you secure those precious accommodation bookings. Your time has value: there is no need to waste it trawling through conflicting info on the web.
To plan a trek quickly and to prevent mistakes, it is important to have a bird's eye view of the route. Only a sheet map provides this.
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