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Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series, will be one of the guest speakers at the Appalachian Trail Kickoff held at Amicalola Falls, Georgia on March 7-9. Last year saw a record turnout for this marquee event, and all expectations are for further growth. Walker will talk about his recent trek of the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Other speakers include David Miller, author of AWOL on the Appalachian Trail and Winton Porter, author of...

President Obama has purchased the Pacific Crest Trail memoir, Wild, by Cheryl Strayed. Unsurprisingly, Miss Strayed was wowed by the news. I think President Obama has really searched his soul in the way that writers do, Miss Strayed wrote. He has really had a lot of people who loved him well, who had a lot of teachers. But he is really a self-made man. So much of Wild is about how we must ultimately make ourselves. Bill Walker is the author of...

President Obama has purchased the bestselling hiking adventure book, Wild–From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed. This is the story of a lone woman (Cheryl Strayed) recovering from the death of her mother, divorce, and drug abuse, setting off alone on the 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. “He had an unusual background around lots of supporting, loving people,” Miss Strayed...

https://bay168.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855#n=1288127501&fid=1&mid=3c246750-6888-11e3-9fbe-00215ad7db90&fv=1 The Amazon Travel Department recommends the Skywalker hiking series, written by 7-foot tall Bill Walker. These two books are Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. Walker is also the author of The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago and...