First of all, let me say that I am biased. I am a former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker as well as author of a trail narrative; the trail community has become a big part of my adult life. We hikers constantly chatter about which hiker hostels are the best, friendliest, and cheapest, as well as the ones that treat us like ‘hiker trash’, etc. I’m happy to report that the Twelve Tribes religious community stands out as...

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“This book takes a good look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of travel in a lesser developed country,” wrote Peggy Beaman in an Amazon book review of ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal‘. Thank you, Peggy. No, I don’t claim to be Hemingway. Nor do I purport to be another Bill Bryson or Bruce Chatwin. However, I have found that long journeys on foot bring out the best not just in people, but their...

Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine article below on Bill Walker (‘Skywalker). http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/go-outside/meet-the-best-athletes-in-the-blue-ridge/   Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine is the premier outdoor magazine (distributed from Baltimore to Atlanta) in the eastern United States. Thus it was with surprise that I greeted the news that the magazine wanted to interview me. And I was outright amazed that the magazine named me an...

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