Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 1254 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: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews) 9 Reviews 5 star: (7) 4 star: (0) 3 star: (1) 2 star: (0) 1 star: (1) › See all 9 customer reviews… Amazon Bestsellers...

No shortage of tall talesEd Grisamore – gris@macon.com Sign up for daily e-mail news alerts ——————————————————————————– E-Mail Print Reprint|license Text Size: tool nameclose tool goes here Bill Walker knows what it’s like to be the tallest guy in the room. At 6-foot-11,...

Hiker Breaks Record on Appalachian Trail By KEITH MULVIHILL Published: August 1, 2011 Recommend Twitter Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints Share CloseLinkedinDiggMySpacePermalink Jennifer Pharr Davis hiked the roughly 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 46 days 11 hours 20 minutes, breaking the record of 47 days 13 hours 31 minutes held by Andrew Thompson since 2005. Pharr Davis set out from Mount Katahdin in Maine on June 15 and reached the...

Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Bill Walker (Amazon Kindle sales details down below) Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 1047 KB 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 (17 customer reviews) 17 Reviews 5 star: (15) 4 star: (0) 3 star: (0) 2 star: ...

I checked this book out from my local library and could scarcely put it down. This is the first Appalachian Trail thru-hike account I’ve read and I’m not a hiker myself. I found this story about the underdog who achieved his goal really interesting and entertaining. It makes me want to wimp-out and be a “section hiker” some day just to experience a portion of the AT. 5.0 out of 5 stars Skywalker – inspiration for...

Robert Redford will play Branch Rickey — or Bill Bryson In April, Robert Redford tipped 24 Frames that he’d star in a movie about the relationship between Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey and second baseman Jackie Robinson. The film would be written and directed by “L.A. Confidential” writer Brian Helgeland, and produced and financed by Legendary Pictures, we wrote. The company squirmed at our posting on the subject, saying...