“A trail of the masses.” Now that’s a loaded term. And the Pacific Crest Trail–isn’t the Appalachian Trail (AT) America’s ‘trail of the masses’? Yes, the AT is. However that doesn’t mean the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) can’t be one also. The good news is that it rapidly is. Of course part of it has to do with the phenomenal success of Cheryl Strayed’s PCT memoir, Wild–From...

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking books on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, is offering his popular new narrative, Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, for free upload on Amazon Kindle and other handheld devices, Wednesday and Thursday, August...

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker series of hiking books, is offering his popular Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) narrative, Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, for free upload on Amazon Kindle and other handheld devices this weekend, August 9th and 10th. Walker is also the author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, and Getting High–The Annapurna...

Many people think of journalists as annoying. Indeed many are. Heck, truth be told, that’s part of their job is to hold the high and mighty accountable. But every now and then a journalist writes an article that is flat-out cool. I ask you to check out Nicholas Kristof’s Sunday op-ed in the New York Times. Folks, it is boffo. He recounts his recent trek with his teenage daughter on the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from Mexico to...

It was 7 o’ clock in the morning. I had been walking for over three hours and was exhausted. Okay, that’s par for the course for long-distance hiking. But now there were two new elements in the equation. I was short of breath. Not surprising considering I was at over 17,000 feet and still climbing. And secondly, I had a headache the likes of which hopefully few mortals experience. Altitude mountain sickness had set in. The lack of...

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking books series, is offering a free Amazon Kindle upload on Monday June 9th, for his popular new outdoor narrative, Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. This is the story of his 2012 trek on the most popular footpath in Asia, the Annapurna Circuit, which reaches 17,768 feet at Thorung La Pass. It is the most popular footpath in Asia. Walker is previously the author of...