A chronicle of one young couple's hike along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail describes how the author and his girlfriend made the trek from Mexico to Canada, the hardships and adventures they encountered along the way, the transforming powers of the natural world, the colorful characters they met, and the insights they gained about nature,...Read more
A chronicle of one young couple's hike along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail describes how the author and his girlfriend made the trek from Mexico to Canada, the hardships and adventures they encountered along the way, the transforming powers of the natural world, the colorful characters they met, and the insights they gained about nature,...Read more
When Dan and his girlfriend set out to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, his parents wondered how two people who had never shared an apartment could survive in a four-by-six foot tent in the desert. Not to mention the fact that the trail stretches from Mexico to Canada, through boiling desert and snowcapped mountain passes. Despite the warnings of...Read more
Het onderweg zijn, onderdeel zijn van de natuur, vertrouwend op jezelf en het weinige wat er in je rugzak zit. Dat zijn de basiselementen van een lange wandeltocht maar eigenlijk ook van het leven zelf. Dat is de bovendrijvende gedachte die Ad beschrijft in dit boek. Geen hoogdravende of zweverige boodschap maar een beschrijving van het beleven...Read more
Het onderweg zijn, onderdeel zijn van de natuur, vertrouwend op jezelf en het weinige wat er in je rugzak zit. Dat zijn de basiselementen van een lange wandeltocht maar eigenlijk ook van het leven zelf. Dat is de bovendrijvende gedachte die Ad beschrijft in dit boek. Geen hoogdravende of zweverige boodschap maar een beschrijving van het beleven...Read more
The Pacific Crest Trail is one of America s great long-distance hiking routes. The PCT folllows the mountains from the Mexican border in the south all the way to the Canadian border in the north. Cheryl Strayed s bestselling Wild led huge numbers of Americans to hear about the PCT for the first time. Now Kast-Myers gives you the tools you need...Read more
The Pacific Crest Trail is one of America s great long-distance hiking routes. The PCT folllows the mountains from the Mexican border in the south all the way to the Canadian border in the north. Cheryl Strayed s bestselling Wild led huge numbers of Americans to hear about the PCT for the first time. Now Kast-Myers gives you the tools you need...Read more
When I finished hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2009 I wrote about my adventure for my family and friends. A number of them told me they felt like they were hiking the Appalachian Trail with me from the comfort of home. I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2012. They wanted me to write about that adventure, too. When I finished writing the book,...Read more
When I finished hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2009 I wrote about my adventure for my family and friends. A number of them told me they felt like they were hiking the Appalachian Trail with me from the comfort of home. I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2012. They wanted me to write about that adventure, too. When I finished writing the book,...Read more
In April 2004, Barbara Egbert and Gary Chambers and their precocious 10-year-old daughter Mary embarked on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada along the famed Pacific Crest Trail. This the well-told tale of their epic adventure, which required love, perseverance, and the careful rationing of toilet paper. Six months later, Mary would become...Read more
In April 2004, Barbara Egbert and Gary Chambers and their precocious 10-year-old daughter Mary embarked on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada along the famed Pacific Crest Trail. This the well-told tale of their epic adventure, which required love, perseverance, and the careful rationing of toilet paper. Six months later, Mary would become...Read more
The first ever comprehensive encyclopedia of fishable trout water accessible from the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail through California. From alpine lakes at over 10,000 ft. elevation to blue ribbon streams in Northern California, the Pacific Crest Trail is a super highway to amazing fishing through legendary parks such as Yosemite...Read more
The first ever comprehensive encyclopedia of fishable trout water accessible from the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail through California. From alpine lakes at over 10,000 ft. elevation to blue ribbon streams in Northern California, the Pacific Crest Trail is a super highway to amazing fishing through legendary parks such as Yosemite...Read more
Guidebook to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), an epic 2650 mile hike from California's Mexican border to Canada's British Columbia. One of the world's best hikes, the route passes through California, Oregon and Washington State, taking in the Mojave desert, High Sierras, Cascades and countless more wild mountains.Read more
A comprehensive guidebook to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), an epic 2650 mile trek through the USA from the Mexican border to British Columbia in Canada. One of the world's best hikes, the route passes through California, Oregon and Washington State, taking in the Mojave desert, High Sierras, Cascades and countless more wild mountains of...Read more
A comprehensive guidebook to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), an epic 2650 mile trek through the USA from the Mexican border to British Columbia in Canada. One of the world's best hikes, the route passes through California, Oregon and Washington State, taking in the Mojave desert, High Sierras, Cascades and countless more wild mountains of...Read more
A PACIFIC CREST TRAIL THROUGH HIKE THIS VIVID ACCOUNT OF A MAN AND HIS WIFE HIKING FROM MEXICO TO CANADA AT ONE GO IS AMAZING. "Unflinchingly honest, vividly told, funny, true, fascinating, exciting - Pacific Dream is all these things. It's the best book I've read this year and I'll never forget it. John writes with a candor that's shockingly...Read more
A PACIFIC CREST TRAIL THROUGH HIKE THIS VIVID ACCOUNT OF A MAN AND HIS WIFE HIKING FROM MEXICO TO CANADA AT ONE GO IS AMAZING. "Unflinchingly honest, vividly told, funny, true, fascinating, exciting - Pacific Dream is all these things. It's the best book I've read this year and I'll never forget it. John writes with a candor that's shockingly...Read more
As probably the world's most experienced long distance walker who also writes, Chris Townsend has many stories to tell and many photographs to illustrate them with. Of all his adventures, those he enjoyed on America's Pacific Crest Trail in the Eighties are among his favourites. The PCT runs 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada through desert,...Read more
As probably the world's most experienced long distance walker who also writes, Chris Townsend has many stories to tell and many photographs to illustrate them with. Of all his adventures, those he enjoyed on America's Pacific Crest Trail in the Eighties are among his favourites. The PCT runs 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada through desert,...Read more
"I really loved it...Appalachian Trials is full of specific tactical tips for mental preparation, which is key well beyond the AT." - Tim Ferriss, author of New York Times Best Selling The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body Each year, it is estimated that more than 2,000 people set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, yet seven in ten...Read more
"I really loved it...Appalachian Trials is full of specific tactical tips for mental preparation, which is key well beyond the AT." - Tim Ferriss, author of New York Times Best Selling The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body Each year, it is estimated that more than 2,000 people set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, yet seven in ten...Read more
Between Borders is the true story of Harly Drum's thru-hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and the first book in the Long-Distance Adventure Series. At twenty-one years of age, he began walking north from the Mexican border and nearly 2700 miles later arrived in Manning Park, British Columbia.Between Borders has been prepared in journal form and...Read more
Between Borders is the true story of Harly Drum's thru-hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and the first book in the Long-Distance Adventure Series. At twenty-one years of age, he began walking north from the Mexican border and nearly 2700 miles later arrived in Manning Park, British Columbia.Between Borders has been prepared in journal form and...Read more
"Hey ----Aren't you supposed to be working? " And yet, here you are searching for another good book to read ---in the hiking section of all places. Does that mean you've thought about going on a backpacking adventure of your own, like all the people who through-hike the Appalachian Trail (AT)? Me too. Do you long to reconnect with America,...Read more
"Hey ----Aren't you supposed to be working? " And yet, here you are searching for another good book to read ---in the hiking section of all places. Does that mean you've thought about going on a backpacking adventure of your own, like all the people who through-hike the Appalachian Trail (AT)? Me too. Do you long to reconnect with America,...Read more
Teetering awkwardly on the brink of insanity, unable to handle life in snowy, cold, ultra-conservative North Idaho, Carl and Erin sold their house and set out in search of a new place to call home. Suddenly finding themselves completely free of responsibilities, jobless, and with a little spare cash in the bank, it didn't take long before their...Read more
Teetering awkwardly on the brink of insanity, unable to handle life in snowy, cold, ultra-conservative North Idaho, Carl and Erin sold their house and set out in search of a new place to call home. Suddenly finding themselves completely free of responsibilities, jobless, and with a little spare cash in the bank, it didn't take long before their...Read more