“If you want to see America, hike the Appalachian Trail,” I have told many Camino de Santiago pilgrims. “Don’t go to Disney World or Las Vegas.” This is sincere advice. Having lived and traveled extensively overseas, I am acutely sensitive to the persistent current of anti-Americanism running through Europeans of all stripes. A discussion of the origins of this virus is beyond the purview of this article. But...

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Very Big Thank You to the fine folks out in Palm Springs who saved my life on the 12th as I attempted to make it from high above Snow Creek down to Snow Creek on the North Side of San Jacinto with 1/10th quart of water left from the gallon I brought with me from Fuller Ridge Trail… oranges and apples kept me going until they were rejected by my body and I purged them..after that I fell asleep under the shade of a rock, still sweating..Had that...

“What books do you recommend that I read?” I’m often asked by people contemplating a thru-hike of the famed Appalachian Trail. Objectively, it’s  a good question. But it’s a bit ironic that they ask me. For two reasons. To begin with, I wrote a narrative on the Appalachian Trail called Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail. And as we all know, authors are notoriously poor judges of their own...

Which should I do first–the Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail?” This is a frequent question I get. Incidentally, it was not a question that I personally had. Being from the state of Georgia, it was only natural that when I became virtually obsessed with attempting a long-distance hike, it would be the Appalachian Trail. I was born and raised in the state of Georgia. Further, Bill Bryson’s bestselling narrative, A Walk...

To be honest, I was a bit shocked. Yes, I know that wilderness and an outdoor orientation seem to actually run in the American DNA. But I didn’t expect this. As part of the Amazon KDP Select Program, I decided to run a two-day special offering free upload on Kindle of3outdoor narratives, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail (2008), Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail (2010), and ‘The Best...