http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjAnThg-MAU&feature=em-upload_owner-smbtn The above link is to a You Tube video of a professionally directed film about Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail. It is 10 minutes and 31 seconds long, with striking footage of America’s best known hiking trail and an entertaining interview with 7-foot tall, Bill Walker, who is known in the hiking community as Skywalker. He is the author of...

Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal  will be available for free upload on Amazon Kindle, Sunday and Monday, December 8th and 9th. The Annapurna Circuit is the most popular hiking trail in Asia and reaches 17,768 feet. Walker is also the author of other adventure narratives including Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, and The Best Way–El Camino...

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series, will be having a special free upload of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail on Amazon Kindle and other electronic devices this Saturday, December...

“It’s all about acclimatization,” trekker after trekker advised me in the run-up to my trek on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Indeed, they were correct. The Annapurna Circuit reaches 17,768 feet at Thorung La Pass. Except for the summit day, in which trekkers begin their ascent at 4 a.m. at 15,600 feet and climb almost 3,200 feet by early morning (to avoid the harsh late morning winds), the trek is not particularly difficult....

http://blogs.newzealand.usembassy.gov/ambassador/2013/12/exploring-the-triple-crown-of-american-long-distance-trekking/ The United States Ambassador to New Zealand (where else would there be such knowledge!) wrote this article about the so-called ‘Triple Crown’ of American hiking. Veteran long-distance hikers will be aware that this is the 2,180 mile Appalachian Trail, 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail, and 3,100 mile Continental Divide...