Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, later fell in love with the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage which runs for 500 miles from southern France to northwestern Spain. He later wrote the adventure narrative, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago. Walker and his 18 year old nephew engaged in towel-snapping banter all across through northern Spain as they traipsed through countless...

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, reports that American audiences are exhibiting great interest in the most popular hiking trail in Asia, the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. This horseshoe-shaped circuit that runs through the Himalayas in Nepal ultimately reaches 17, 768 feet and requires approximately three weeks to cover. “The beauty of the Annapurna Circuit is that it...

Bill Walker’s popular narrative, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, is now an Amazon #1 ranked book for sports, outdoors, and hiking non-fiction book. This outdoor narrative is now in its sixth year and exemplifies a by now well-established phenomenon. “Outdoor adventures and wilderness tend to run in the American DNA,” Walker writes in his book. Better yet, the Appalachian Trail, which attracts...

The annual ATKO (Appalachian Trail Kickoff) at Amicalola Falls in north Georgia saw record turnouts this year. The crowd was evenly divided between ex-thru-hikers, current year thru-hikers, and wannabe hopefuls for the future. The event was a another display of how the Appalachian Trail is America’s great trail of the masses, with a stunning diversity in its hiker community. One of the featured speakers was a fifteen year old girl...

Bill Walker, author of the ‘Skywalker’ hiking series, will be offering a free Amazon Kindle upload of his two popular adventure narratives, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, this Friday and Saturday, March 7th and 8th. They will also be available for free upload on various electronic devices, IPODs, etc. Walker is also the author of outdoor...