Do Your Best on the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails
“I’m 65 and can’t do the whole thing,” a lady recently responded on my Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) blog. Point well taken. Although I met a man on the PCT whose trail name was ‘Two Weeks and Three Days’. When he had retired as a civil servant that spring, he had announced to (rather than discussed with) his wife that he would now be thru-hiking the 2,663 mile PCT from Mexico to Canada. His wife, who had never even heard of this national scenic trail, was dumbfounded. She began calling all of her friends and...
read moreFree Amazon Kindle Upload of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail
Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail will be eligible for a free upload on Amazon Kindle for Monday and Tuesday, January 21, 22, 2013. This popular trail narrative tells the story of 6’11” Bill Walker’s (Skywalker) 2005 thru-hike of the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail (AT). Walker had developed a virtual obsession with thru-hiking the AT, despite never having spent a single night outdoors. What followed was a 171 day struggle that seemed like a battle between his determination on the one hand, and...
read moreFree Kindle Upload of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail
Amazon Kindle readers will be allowed to upload Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Bill Walker for free both today and tomorrow. This popular trail narrative takes the reader on America’s great national scenic trail, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), which runs 2,663 miles from Mexico to Canada. The trail is very well-maintained all along the way by the U.S. Forest Service, along with local trail clubs. In the hiking community the PCT is renowned for both its stunning beauty and amazing diversity (desert and...
read moreFree Kindle Upload of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail
The popular Appalachian Trail narrative, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Walker, will be available for a free download on Amazon Kindle on Monday and Tuesday, January 21-22. This narrative of Bill Walker’s 2005 thru-hike has sold steadily since being published four years ago. Walker had developed a virtual obsession that he was going to thru-hike the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail in one hiking season. This was in spite of the fact that he had never even spent the night outside at at 44. What ensued was a...
read moreFree Amazon Kindle Upload of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail
Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Bill Walker, will be available for free upload on Amazon Kindle on Monday and Tuesday, January 21-22. This cutting edge narrative is about 6’11” Skywalker’s (Bill Walker) 2009 thru-hike attempt of the 2,180 mile Appalachian Trail, and has sold steadily since its publication two years ago. Like all Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hikers, Skywalker was blown away by the trail’s stunning diversity. A thru-hiker is forced to schlep through the desert for 703...
read morePacific Crest Trail Offers Great Section Hikes
Given the magnificence of the 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in its entirety, it is no surprise that there are many great section hikes also available. First though, you must decide which part of the Mexico-Canada traverse you wish to embed yourself in. There are basically four options: 1. The desert 2. The ‘High Sierra’ 3. southern Oregon 4. northern Cascades The first option would be the most contrarian, for the simple reason that thru-hikers consider the desert something to just survive through. Having...
read moreSkywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail Second Edition Published
The second edition of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail has now been published in both paperback and Kindle format. This narrative of 6’11” Bill Walker’s (Skywalker)thru-hike attempt of the 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from Mexico to Canada, has been popular in the hiking community since its initial publication two years ago. However, there were some formatting inconsistencies in the first edition. “My sincere apologies to anyone affected by them,” Walker says. “Those...
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read moreBasic Advice for Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers
My most basic advice for an aspiring thru-hiker on the Pacific Crest Trail is twofold: First, regardless of how strange it seems, you must buy a pair of low-cut trail running shoes that are at least one size larger than normal. The surface in the desert is so scalding that your feet will turn into kangaroo feet. And please, under no circumstances wear boots. The thought of boots in the desert (and resulting silver dollar-sized blisters) is truly gut wrenching. Please do yourself this favor. But an even better favor you could do yourself would...
read moreBasic Advice for Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers
Truth be known, asking me for advice on thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is about like asking the captain of the Titanic for advice on navigation. I struggled every step of the way in my 2005 thru-hike of this great national scenic trail. Of the people who made it all the way, I was one of the worst. In fact, there were many hikers who were much better and stronger than me who did not complete the hike. So while I am much more fluent in the subject of what NOT to do, I do have a couple useful pointers. First, except for an exceptionally...
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