Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail is now available in audio form through www.audible.com Previously this popular hiking book has sold through hardback, paperback, and e-book form. The author, Bill Walker, has also written Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, and Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. 

At long last, they are making it. It almost seemed like a rumor, that they were making a hit out of Bill Bryson’s smashing hit, A Walk in the Woods. But it is confirmed that film shooting crews are hard at work in Kennesaw, Georgia. Everybody–everybody, it seems like has read the book. Expect them in the cinema as well. Should be fun, and I’m not one bit worried about the trail becoming overcrowded as some have stated. The...

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking books, is offering his popular Appalachian Trail book, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, for free download onto Amazon Kindle, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19-20. Walker is also the author of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, and Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal....

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...

“My daughter is really depressed. We’re worried she might try to kill herself,” Jerry said. “Hey,” I answered slowly, “I really mean this. Long-distance hiking has this almost magical quality to boost people’s morale.” “Really.” “Sure,” I answered. “It’s strange. Your options are dramatically reduced out in the wilderness. Yet it somehow enlarges you.” I...