An entertaining journey through the eyes of Skywalker. His humor and honesty is refreshing. It made my feet itch for the trip to Manning Park. Thank you Kathryn Eli. Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail is now the top selling Pacific Crest Trail narrative.

We have the latest field data regarding this years snow pack as of April 1st. Tuolumne River 171% Merced 172% San Joaquin 178% Kings 172% Kern 195% As of April 1st this is I believe, the 5th wettest (water equivalent) pack in recorded history but still far short of the record ~250% of 1983. The Pacific Crest Trail Class of 2011 obviously has its work cut out. I strongly recommend they consider wearing crampons. They are more user friendly than...

It’s gratifying that sales of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, are finally beginning to reach their potential again. This irreverent narrative came out in 2008 and immediately sold well–approximately equal to sales of AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller (of course, we were both behind Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods). But then my publisher, Indigo Publishing, went broke. Orders on...

At the 25th annual Appalachian Trail Days Festival this weekend, there was great interest in the nation’s other great national scenic trail–the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Indeed, sales of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail were double the sales of my Appalachian Trail book. This was in spite of it being an Appalachian Trail event. Also, the fine documentary–Six Million Steps– drew alot of great...

Sales of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail are surging on Kindle. I got some good advice from my close friend, Dennis Blanchard, to reduce my Kindle price to below $5. Dennis says that the book category, “Books Under $5” is very popular amongst avid readers. One testament to that is the high volume of Kindle sales of Dennis’ book, Three Hundred Zeroes. Likewise, my sales have gone up sharply since...