Free Amazon Kindle Promotion for ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’
Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series on the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and El Camino de Santiago, is having a free two day offering of his most recent hiking book, Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. The promotion begins Friday, April 18th and ends Saturday, April 19th.
read moreAppalachian Trail Hikers Endure Rough Day in Wind and Rain
You know it can happen. You hear about it and wait for it. Things so often seem nice out there. But then the weather snaps. “You’re not only going to endure a lot of cold weather in the early going,” I often tell prospective thru-hikers. “You are gonna run into a couple days of dangerous weather.” Yesterday was one of those days in the southern Appalachians as heavy, humid weather gave way to a powerful cold front that dumped ice and snow all along the southeast. You have to be ready. There are no easy solutions,...
read moreAmazon Travel Department Recommends ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’
The Amazon Travel Department recommends ‘Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’. This outdoor narrative was penned by Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking books on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Trail. It covers 6’11” Bill Walker’s (Skywalker) trek of the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, which reaches 17, 768 feet and is the most popular footpath in Asia.
read moreSkywalker and Three Hundred Zeroes Exhibit Hiking Book Phenomenon
Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Three Hundred Zeros are two of the more popular Appalachian Trail narratives. And they exhibit a fundamental truism of hiking and camping books. Both books are at turns, deadly serious and irreverent. In Skywalker, Bill Walker has become obsessed at age 44 with thru-hiking the 2,180 mile Appalachian Trail without ever having even spent a single night outdoors. What follows is a see-saw battle between his steely determination but breathtaking blunders (leaving his backpack up...
read moreSkywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail an Amazon #1 Bestseller
Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail is an, a narrative of 7-foot tall Bill Walker’s thru-hike attempt of the 2,178 mile Appalachian Trail. Like many popular hiking and camping books, it is, at turns, deadly serious and irreverent.
read moreYou Tube Video of ‘Skywalker’ on El Camino de Santiago
Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, later fell in love with the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage which runs for 500 miles from southern France to northwestern Spain. He later wrote the adventure narrative, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago. Walker and his 18 year old nephew engaged in towel-snapping banter all across through northern Spain as they traipsed through countless pueblos and a few cities such as Leon and Burgos. His tech-savvy nephew also recorded a 4:34 minute...
read moreSkywalker Seeing Great Interest in Annapurna Circuit in Nepal
Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, reports that American audiences are exhibiting great interest in the most popular hiking trail in Asia, the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. This horseshoe-shaped circuit that runs through the Himalayas in Nepal ultimately reaches 17, 768 feet and requires approximately three weeks to cover. “The beauty of the Annapurna Circuit is that it allows a person of average abilities such as myself who has never done and never will do any technical...
read moreSkywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail is an Amazon #1 Bestseller
Bill Walker’s popular narrative, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, is now an Amazon #1 ranked book for sports, outdoors, and hiking non-fiction book. This outdoor narrative is now in its sixth year and exemplifies a by now well-established phenomenon. “Outdoor adventures and wilderness tend to run in the American DNA,” Walker writes in his book. Better yet, the Appalachian Trail, which attracts 3,000,000 participants per year of various is on track for yet another record-breaking year. The 2014...
read moreAppalachian Trail Kickoff A Smashing Success As Hiking Season Begins
The annual ATKO (Appalachian Trail Kickoff) at Amicalola Falls in north Georgia saw record turnouts this year. The crowd was evenly divided between ex-thru-hikers, current year thru-hikers, and wannabe hopefuls for the future. The event was a another display of how the Appalachian Trail is America’s great trail of the masses, with a stunning diversity in its hiker community. One of the featured speakers was a fifteen year old girl (‘Chipmunk’) who last year became the youngest woman to ever solo thru-hike (without the...
read moreFree Amazon Kindle Upload of ‘Skywalker’ Hiking Books
Bill Walker, author of the ‘Skywalker’ hiking series, will be offering a free Amazon Kindle upload of his two popular adventure narratives, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, this Friday and Saturday, March 7th and 8th. They will also be available for free upload on various electronic devices, IPODs, etc. Walker is also the author of outdoor narratives on two popular overseas treks, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago and Getting...
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