Skywalker Joins KDP Select Program, Over a thousand readers the very first day. Wow.
Amazon announces KDP Select for Kindle e-book exclusives December 8, 2011 | 8:10 am 876 Amazon has announced KDP Select, a program that will use a new funding scheme to compensate authors who make their e-books exclusive to Amazon Kindle for at least 90 days. The company has announced that in the first year, it expects to put $6 million into a fund that will be paid out to authors when their exclusive e-books are checked out of Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library. The authors will receive a share of the fund calculated by the proportion...
read moreSkywalker books, top 1% on Amazon Kindle Ratings
Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 1178 KB Publisher: Create Space for paperback version; 2 edition (April 25, 2008) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B004Y6AGJ6 Lending: Enabled Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,861 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Excursion Guides #14 in Books > Sports &...
read moreSkywalker–Pacific Crest Trail #1 in Amazon Kindle Sports, Outdoors, and Hiking Books
Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 1090 KB Print Length: 249 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1453862234 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B004HZXYX4 Lending: Enabled Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews) 30 Reviews 5 star: (24) 4 star: (2) 3 star: (1) 2 star: (3) 1 star: (0) › See all 30 customer reviews… Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,866 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks >...
read moreA ‘LilHoohaa about Skywalker
On the trail with Skywalker P.J. 0 comments Hiking, Hiking series, My world, Photography Oct 26 Skywalker and fellow hiker going down Forrester’s Pass on the PCT. (photo courtesy of Bill Walker) Hiking long distances is hard enough. Going through the ups and downs of a trail, fighting through weather, people and anything else that might step in your way. There’s making sure you carry enough food to make up for all the calories you burn and hauling enough water to get you from water source to water source. That’s for your average...
read moreScott Williamson–Undisputed Star of the Pacific Crest Trail
He is a bit of a mythical figure in the long-distance hiking community. Here, finally, is the real story of Scott Williamson. Related: WatchdogOutdoors » Hiker sets speed record on Pacific Crest Trail Comments (25)Share:Twitter Facebook Email Print Save With former John Muir Trail speed record holder Reinhold Metzger looking on, long-distance hiker Scott Williamson, 39, of Truckee, signs in at the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail to record his record unassisted time for the 2,627-mile hike. — Pacific Crest Trail News Written...
read moreComparison of Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail
Personally, I agree with this thru-hiker. The Pacific Crest Trail is more difficult to thru-hike than the Appalachian Trail. The hiker faces greater extremes of weather and terrain. The snow can play havoc with your calculations (and psyche!). It’s 488 miles longer. The good news is that they are very different. The committed hiker has only one logical course of action–do both of them. I strongly recommend doing the AT first because it’s much easier to plan, and less scary. It’s America’s trail and the best way to...
read moreScott Williamson Sets Pacific Crest Trail Record
PCTNews Scott Williamson sets a new PCT speed record today of 64 days 11 hours and 19 minutes. Wall Photos . LikeUnlike · · Share · 9 hours ago · Shared with: Public.28 people like this.. View all 13 shares.Warren Doyle Congrats from the AT. I’m intrigued about the motivation behind an individual shortening a record that was co-held two different times with two different people. Would love to see all three on a panel discussion. 24 minutes ago · LikeUnlike.Bill Walker Wow, had heard he was a couple days behind. He must have turned...
read moreRunner to attempt to break Pacific Crest Trail Record
Runner Takes On Record-Breaking Mission For Mom by Dave Iverson September 17, 2011 Good interview on NPR about former Yale runner, Sam Fox, trying to break the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) speed record. He plans to try to run the trail in a total of 60 days or less, which means an average of 44 days. Wow. That would take 5 days off Scott Williamson’s blazing pace of 2009. Sam’s mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease ten years ago. Sam is hoping to raise $250,000 towards Parkinsons Disease research that would benefit the...
read moreHiker Safety Issues are Existential to Long-Distance Hiking
This particular headline has been in the news recently. It’s part of a trend of more evacuations through GPS systems. I was slow warming up to the bona-fides of GPS. However, there have been too many cases of successful rescue via GPS to deny its benefits. A legitimate question though, is whether or not hikers carrying them are prone to take more risks. Another issue I’d like to briefly touch on is hiker safety. It becomes easy for the “ins” and the machos of these great trails to affect such a swagger to act like...
read moreHurricane Irene Closing Down Parts of the Appaalchain Trail
Hurricane Irene Closing Down Parts of the Appalachian Trailblissfulhiking.blogspot.com – 8/26/11 14:00 Just saw on White Blaze that Hurricane Irene is closing down the trail. The White Mountain Natonal Forest is closing the entire trail system and so is the AMC huts and other shelter a…
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