Trail guides and other books

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Hi folks:

I used to go hiking and camping regularly but had to drop off for a while due to health issues. I’m now getting back to more regular outings, but likely will never get to the same level of long trips and backpacking as before.

I have a whole passel of trail guides, camping advice books, and so on, published between 2000 and 2010, or maybe a little later. I’m wondering if there’s any utility for most of these—trails and best practices do change over time. If I don’t keep any for myself, I have some places I could give them away, but I’m wondering if it’s a bad idea to give people dated information or if I should offer it and let folks make up their own minds.

For what it’s worth, if I have to toss them, they’re all paperback, and my local trash system takes that for recycling.

Thanks

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I still use some of my earlier ones as a guide, but I’ll verify the real routes online because some of them have changed over time.

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They’re not that ancient, and if someone wants them, they’ll realize that not all of the information may be up to date. Although they still sell them, I myself prefer maps that can be downloaded online to trail guides, so obviously some people find them useful.