“I’m in a wheelchair in a nursing home with no chance of ever getting out. It is my days on the Appalachian Trail I remember most fondly.” Those are the words of former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, Colin Fletcher. Yet I suspect he is speaking for many of us. This fact of life is brought home to me when I look at the number of my Facebook friends that so many people–including, very much, myself–have met through...

“Nobody should be alone at this point,” Meaghan said. “Amen,” I replied. Yet through misunderstandings, idiosyncracies, and human error, that was exactly what happened to me the last 160 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT Kickoff). “Feeling ran high,” I recounted in Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. “I was more alone than at any point in my 48 years.” Why was I so...

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3PK9H4IIVDCHA/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004HZXYX4&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag= The above was the 100th Amazon review for my Pacific Crest Trail narrative, Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. When discussing book reviews, most authors would agree that you sometimes wonder if two reviewers even read the same book, the reviews can be so different. Perhaps then, it is the...

Are you looking for something in our Travel Books department? If so, you might be interested in these items. Travel Books Skywalker: Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail Bill Walker Price: $4.95 Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian trail Bill Walker, Jerry Gramckow, Audra...

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FWJ576VHLLUD/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1453862234&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag= Yesterday, my Pacific Crest Trail narrative, Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, received the above Amazon book review. The reader specifically mentioned that she appreciated my “unabashed honesty.” Well, let me say I greatly appreciate that. Most of the 98 book reviews for this narrative...

Below are the words of Heather Anderson–PCT Class of 2013. Hopefully you have read about her courageous journey up the 2,663 mile Pacific Crest Trail this year. It may be one of the gutsiest outdoor adventures ever (I would like to begin a discussion from people with any relevant knowledge about whether or not that is true). I had assumed Heather–trail name, Anish–was a great athlete, in the mode of Jennifer Pharr Davis who...