First photos released of Reese Witherspoon playing Cheryl Strayed in ‘Wild’
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a525038/wild-reese-witherspoon-shares-first-photo-as-cheryl-strayed.html Reese Witherspoon has released the first photo (see link above) of her playing Cheryl Strayed in the upcoming Hollywood movie, ‘Wild’. The long-distance hiking community eagerly awaits this film. Already Cheryl Strayed’s book has had a tangible effect as the number of hikers who applied for thru-hiking permits on the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) in 2013 was 25% greater than the previous year. Unsurprisingly, the biggest...
read moreFree Amazon Kindle Today Only: Skywalker Hiking Books
Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series, is offering a free Amazon Kindle upload today only of his two popular outdoor adventure narratives, 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 ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’. Walker, who is 7-feet tall, is currently writing a whimsical book on the subject of...
read moreAmazon Travel Department Recommends ‘Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail’
Are you looking for something in our Travel Books department? If so, you might be interested in these items. Travel Books Bill Walker is the author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail. He is also the author of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, and Getting High–the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian...
read moreAmazon Travel Department Recommends ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’
https://bay168.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855#n=1702084155&fid=1&mid=2dc995e1-30b7-11e3-8511-00237de461f4&fv=1 The Amazon Travel Department recommends, ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’, by Bill Walker. He is the author of previous outdoor 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...
read moreAlexandra ‘Rocket Llama’ Wilson Cheats Death on the Pacific Crest Trail
The following link is the trail journal for Alexandra ‘Rocket Llama’ Wilson, the last of the four missing thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The other three were rescued by helicopter. http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=14842 This journal is most notable for one thing–its utter authenticity. Her ruminations on death are not hysterical, but rather of the look–straight-in-the-eye variety. At times it reads almost like a Jack London novel. “Be finished before October 1st,” they...
read moreFree Amazon Kindle Offering of ‘Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail’
Bill Walker, author of several popular outdoor adventure narratives, will be having a free Amazon Kindle offering of ‘Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail’ today, Tuesday 8th, 2013. Not only will it be available to those with Amazon Kindle devices, but also can be uploaded on personal computers, as well as various mobile apps. Bill Walker is the author of ‘Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail’. He is also the author of ‘Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian...
read moreTwo Hikers Missing in Precarious Region of Pacific Crest Trail
“Nobody should be alone at this point,” Meaghan said. “Amen,” I replied. Yet through misunderstandings, idiosyncracies, and human error, that was exactly what happened to me the last 160 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT Kickoff). “Feeling ran high,” I recounted in Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. “I was more alone than at any point in my 48 years.” Why was I so worried? To begin with, the northern Cascades have a jagged, forbidding quality about them that...
read moreAmazon Travel Department Recommends, ‘Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail’
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 Bill Walker Price: $4.95 Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian trail Bill Walker, Jerry Gramckow, Audra George Price:...
read moreThru-Hikers on Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails Should Beware the ‘Ides of October’
Let me please state right up front that trekking to the northern termini of the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail in the states of Maine and Washington are indeed unadulterated beauty. And yes, they are especially gorgeous in the month of October. Having said that, a hiker trekking through those parts in that magnificent autumn month must have at least a cursory awareness of the potential peril. Let me please state right up front that what you have probably heard is correct. The northern forests Why? Because the crisp, gorgeous days...
read moreAmazon Travel Books Recommends, ‘Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail’
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 Bill Walker Price: $4.95 Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian trail Bill Walker, Jerry Gramckow, Audra George Price: $4.95 A Gang of One – Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (Revised 2d...
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