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Best Christmas Gift For Pacific Crest Trail Hikers–A Headnet!

Posted by on December 3, 2013 in Appalachian Trail, Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, Snow levels on the Pacific Crest Trail | 0 comments

If you had asked me in the desert what my most important piece of equipment in my backpack was, I would have told you the dorky, wide-brimmed hat I wore to protect myself from the blazing sun and stave off dehydration. However, way up in the ‘High Sierra’ portion of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), I would have had a surprising answer–a piece of equipment that did not weigh even one ounce and cost less than $20. My mosquito head net. I had heard the bugs were awful in the High Sierra. At first it made no sense. After all, on...

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Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail Are For the Average Person. Honestly!

Posted by on December 2, 2013 in Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail | 0 comments

“Why do you want to try to do that?” friends asked in a mixture of curiousity and concern. “Well I read Bill Bryson’s book, A Walk in the Woods. It sounded like there were all kinds of people out there trying to hike the whole thing.” “Yeah, I read that. But he and his friend didn’t make it, did they.” “No, but I can try can’t I.” This was the type conversation I repeatedly had in the runup to my Appalachian Trail thru-hike in 2005. The idea of doing a thru-hike of this 2,180...

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Hiking Books Are Enablers–Make Great Christmas Gifts

Posted by on November 29, 2013 in Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail | 0 comments

In this day and age of mass consumerism, the Christmas shopper is to be pitied. She (he) faces a staggering variety of choices. With that in mind, let me quickly make the case for purchasing hiking narratives. Hiking is something you do because you want to, not because you have to. The same goes for hiking books. They’re not like food, medical services, etc. in the sense they are obligatory. I have always thought of hiking–especially long-distance hiking–as a shout of freedom. And the way I first got involved was through a...

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Amazon Travel Department Recommends, ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’

Posted by on November 27, 2013 in Amazon Recommends Skywalker book, Annapurna Circuit in Nepal | 0 comments

https://bay168.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855#n=2073385327&fid=1&mid=1417c609-573f-11e3-8087-00237de49baa&fv=1The Amazon Travel Books Department recommends, Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, by Bill Walker. He is the previous author of other outdoor 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 de Santiago’. Walker, who is 7-feet tall, is currently working on...

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Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Becoming More Popular

Posted by on November 11, 2013 in Annapurna Circuit in Nepal | 0 comments

  That’s on my list,” is a remark I hear frequently these days. It is spoken in reference to the Annapurna Circuit (APC) in Nepal, now the most popular footpath in Asia. The comment I used to hear is, “I c can’t decide whether to do Everest Base Camp or the APC.” But the APC seems to have gained critical mass. Obviously Everest Base Camp has a special aura simply due to its name and history. However it is apparently a different kind of trek. It does not pass through as many villages, nor do as many trekkers...

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Backpackgeartest.org review of ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’

Posted by on November 6, 2013 in Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail | 0 comments

http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Books/General/Getting%20High%20The%20Annapurna%20Circuit/Owner%20Review%20by%20Kathleen%20Waters/ Thank you www.backpackgeartest.org for your glowing review of, ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’. This is the most popular footpath in Asia, and for good reason. This trail’s genius lies in allowing an average person–such as myself–to get to very high elevations (17,768 feet) without having to undertake any technical climbing or seriously endanger your life. At...

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Amazon Travel Department Recommends, ‘Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail’

Posted by on November 6, 2013 in Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail | 0 comments

Are you looking for something in our Travel Books department? If so, you might be interested in these items. Travel Books Skywalker: Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail              by Bill Walker List Price: $10.95 Price: $8.76 You Save: $2.19 (20%)  Bill Walker is the author of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. He is also the author of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the...

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Thru-Hiking Inevitably Is a Big Part of a Person’s Life

Posted by on November 1, 2013 in Appalachian Trail, Cheryl Strayed, Pacific Crest Trail, Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker--Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail | 0 comments

“I’m in a wheelchair in a nursing home with no chance of ever getting out. It is my days on the Appalachian Trail I remember most fondly.” Those are the words of former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, Colin Fletcher. Yet I suspect he is speaking for many of us. This fact of life is brought home to me when I look at the number of my Facebook friends that so many people–including, very much, myself–have met through long-distance hiking. People from all walks of American life participate in these exhilarating, but...

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Amazon Travel Department Recommends ‘Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail’

Posted by on October 30, 2013 in Amazon Recommends Skywalker book, Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail | 0 comments

https://bay168.mail.live.com/default.aspx?n=1333233352&fid=1&mid=6d7897c2-4138-11e3-a571-002264c24396&fv=1 The Amazon Travel Department recommends, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Walker. He is the author of other outdoor adventure narratives, including Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, and Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in...

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Free Amazon Kindle Upload of ‘The Best Way–El Camino’–Today Only

Posted by on October 26, 2013 in El Camino de Santiago | 0 comments

 The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, a popular adventure narrative by Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, will be available for free upload on Amazon Kindle, personal computers, and various mobile apps. The free offer is for today only. The Camino de Santiago, Europe’s most popular footpath, is a pilgrimage to the apostolic mecca of Santiago de...

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