Amazon Prime members can upload Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail (2010) for free on Kindle. This book is a look at Bill Walker´s thru-hike attempt of the 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail. This national scenic trail is renowned in the hiking community for its stunning beauty. It begins at the California-Mexico border, and hikers spend their first 700 miles in the desert. Then hikers enter the so-called High Sierra, which...

Amazon Prime members can upload Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail for free. This book is a narrative of Bill Walker´s thru-hike of the 2,180 mile Appalachian Trail. Walker had developed a virtual obsession with thru-hiking this national scenic trail after reading A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson. This was in spite of never having spent a single night outdoors. He set off in the spring of 2005, full of hopes and fears....