Disaster on Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Was ‘Luck’ of the Draw

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29672358 I was very, very worried. One thing that concerned me was others didn’t appear to be as uptight. Or maybe I was just missing something. After all, many of the trekkers were British, famous for their stiff upper lips. So who knows? But it had begun snowing at Annapurna Circuit Base Camp at 14,600 feet, after weeks of being assured by sherpas and guides that there would be no snow. In addition, I...

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Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Preparation Takes Several Months

Admitted, I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. All I had done was read Bill Bryson’s bestseller, A Walk in the Woods. Nonetheless, I spent at least four months of almost full-time planning to thru-hike the 2,181 mile Appalachian Trail. I had never even spent the night outdoors. Of course many thru-hiker wannabes will have backpacking experience under their belt. Why does it take so long? Actually some of that time was physical...

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Free Amazon Kindle Upload for Skywalker Pacific Crest Trail Book

Bill Walker, author of the popular Skywalker hiking books series, is offering his popular Pacific Crest Trail book, Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, for free upload on Amazon Kindle and other handheld devices, this Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8, 2014. Walker is also the author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, and Getting High–The...

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Amazon Prime Members: Free Upload of Skywalker Hiking Books

Amazon Prime members: It’s the first of the month again. Could I suggest a hiking book that you can upload on Amazon Kindle for free? Why? If you are like me, you select your reading material looking for something that could be life changing in some way, shape, or form. Outdoor narratives have the potential to carry the reader far and wide, giving a perspective–perhaps even fortitude–one theretofore lacked. Bill Walker is the...

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