Sales of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail are surging on Kindle. I got some good advice from my close friend, Dennis Blanchard, to reduce my Kindle price to below $5. Dennis says that the book category, “Books Under $5” is very popular amongst avid readers. One testament to that is the high volume of Kindle sales of Dennis’ book, Three Hundred Zeroes. Likewise, my sales have gone up sharply since...

The 25th annual Trail Days Festival in Damascus was another huge success. Honestly, the Great Recession doesn’t seem to have even touched the Appalachian Trail. The Pacific Crest Trail reports the same thing. Hey, we Americans have our priorities in order after all. There were some incredible innovations amongst vendors, from candle-making to disappearing tattoes, to finely-carved hiking poles. Better yet, most vendors appeared to do...

Amazon.com has recommended Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail as one of its top ten books in the Outdoor and Nature Category.

PCTA has hired Jack Haskel as the new Trail Information Specialist. He will be strengthening PCTA’s trail information program to position PCTA as the best source of information about the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail.

2011 is going to be a big snow year for hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail. The Northern Sierra is at a record breaking 174% of normal