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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
October 26, 2010
Pages
238
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781453862230
ISBN-10
1453862234
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.92 lbs.
Original list price
$10.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Racing Winter on the Pacific Crest Trail | Dances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure | Pacific Crest Trials: A Psychological and Emotional Guide to Successfully Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail | Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail | Bliss(ters): How I walked from Mexico to Canada one summer | Skywalker | Journey on the Crest
Racing Winter on the Pacific Crest Trail | Dances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure | Pacific Crest Trials: A Psychological and Emotional Guide to Successfully Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail | Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail | Bliss(ters): How I walked from Mexico to Canada one summer | Skywalker | Journey on the Crest
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT)is the perfect place for an average person to do something extraordinary. Bill Walker ("Skywalker"), who stands 6'11", might seem like anything but average. Yet in a brutally honest tone, he lays to bare all his considerable weaknesses and fears. Among these are crushing weight loss and fatigue, along with a fear of getting lost or a bear stealing his food. Nonetheless, he is bound and determined to hike the PCT, which at 2,663 miles, runs all the way from Mexico to Canada. The PCT's calling card is its stunning beauty. It has a diversity of geography unequaled by any footpath in the world. The implacable desert, the towering majesty of the so-called 'High Sierra', and the ruggedly bleak, northern Cascade range all haunt and beckon PCT hikers. Indeed, the PCT hiker faces much greater extremes of terrain and climate than on the famed Appalachian Trail. Walker's signature characteristic as a writer is his real talent in capturing people ("Skywalker's humor, his delight in human foibles appeal to a broad audience."--Jeff Minnick, Smoky Mountain Book News). Obviously, he is a people person because he runs into and vividly describes a truly colorful cast of characters from seemingly all walks of American life. Among these are Uber Bitch, Shit Bag, and Serial Killer; the reader learns how these hikers ended up with their names (hint: blunders). The reader need not worry that Walker is a bully. Throughout this irreverent narrative, he turns his considerable supply of humor back on himself in ruthlessly self-deprecating fashion. It all makes for a delightful read.
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Paperback
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from Createspace Independent Pub (October 26, 2010)
9781453862230 | details & prices | 238 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $10.95
About: The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT)is the perfect place for an average person to do something extraordinary.
About: The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT)is the perfect place for an average person to do something extraordinary.
CD/Spoken Word
Mp3 una edition from Audible Studios on Brilliance audio (May 3, 2016)
9781511395205 | details & prices | List price $9.99
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