This is probably my favourite account of thru hiking of those that ive read because its so relatable. A path of unimaginable adventure, the pacific crest national scenic trail leads from the beating heart of californias hot southern desert to washingtons high, chilly subalpine and alpine terrain. Aspen matis on walking the pacific crest trail, wild and lena. The pct is about beautiful landscapes, among other things.
Having worked in the outdoors for a number of years, i felt i already had everything i would need to walk the pacific crest trail. Nick hornby screenplay by, cheryl strayed memoir wild. In the summer of 1995, a 26yearold woman who had never been backpacking. Nov 15, 2016 hiking the pacific crest trail washington. The pct stretches 2,650 miles along americas west coast, through some of the countrys most rugged and dramatic terrain. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the national trail systems act and the establishment of the pacific crest trail. Theres a whole lot of women in my generation who said, well, im not a feminist, but.
Back in 1995, however, she was a rootless 26yearold waitress about to embark on her first backpacking trip. From lost to found on the pacific crest trail by cheryl strayed, mile 445 by claire henley miller, thruhikin. This trail, spanning the entire length of the us pacific coast, was conceived in the 1930s but it wasnt until 1968 that it became a national scenic trail. It is part of the triple crown of longdistance trails, which includes the appalachian trail and continental divide trail. The book even shines a light on the mysterious clinton c. How to walk the pacific crest trail frontier bushcraft. I am so proud of hq who made a short movie about our journey along the pacific crest trail. Popular pacific crest trail books goodreads share book. Continue your wild journey by joining the pacific crest trail association. Bmc ambassador chris townsend looks back on his eventful 1982 hike. Northern california, as he presents a brief breakdown of the pct and relates his years of experience as both a thruhiker and a sectionhiker. Brave seems like the right word to sum up this woman and her book.
They represent immense passion and dedication toward this. As a woman hiking alone she gets all kinds of special treatment and help from fellow hikers. Pcta is the only organization dedicated to preserving the entire trail and the experiences it provides so that you and others have a wild place for personal reflection. I visited many of the places in the book on our rv road trip so reading how this couple became totally immersed in the wilderness makes me respect how difficult but inspiring their adventure must have been. The book stands out for several reasons, and readers will be blown away by the sheer scale not only of the landscape through which the author voyages, but the scale of the challenge itself. Okay, so its not that simple, but colin arisman and casey gannon make it look that way. Guidebooks authors pct gallery shop section or thru. Former bbc correspondent simon willis charts an emotional course through high mountains, baking deserts and personal tragedy. From lost to found on the pacific crest trail, which was the first selection for oprahs book club 2. These books will make you want to thruhike the pct. Pacific crest trail losing weight on the pacific crest trail keeping weight on is a tough game when youre walking 30 miles a dayand when you dont bring a stove, it only gets worse.
Pacific crest trail is a stunning visual trek into the stillwild west as john muir experienced it more than a century ago, from unchanged deserts to the sierras granitebound lakes to the rainforests of the pacific northwest. When i sit down with congressional staffers, heres what gets them fired up, no matter whether its a red or blue office. The pacific crest trail pct begins outside of campo, california at the mexican border, and ends in manning park, british columbia. It is with great pleasure that i can announce my relationship with heyday books. Exploring americas wilderness trail is the painstakingly researched and thoughtful written history of the trail, of the men and women who dreamed it up, expanded it, and continue to fight for it. Shop for pacific crest trail books and maps at rei free shipping on all orders. A selfabsorbed, illprepared woman, 26 years old, leaves her husband a decent guy for no good reason, mucks her life up even further with drugs and reckless sex, then engages in some vacuous navelgazing on the pacific crest trail. From lost to found on the pacific crest trail is at once a. Mileages, landmarks, facilities, resupply data, and essential trail information for the entire pacific crest trail, from mexico to canada fifth by benedict go isbn. If you liked cheryl strayeds book wild youll love this story. Rattlesnakes and bald eagles is an account of chriss 1982 thruhike of the epic pacific crest trail.
Carrot quinns book is an insight into thru hiking the pacific crest trail from the perspective of a queer woman. A hike from mexico to canada on the pacific crest trail. The final stats of the pacific crest trail halfway anywhere. The pct is strictly for hikers or equestrians no bicycles or mechanized vehicles are allowed, and you can traverse the trail for an hour or two, or several days, weeks or months. Section hiking from the columbia river to manning park. I love statistics, and hiking the pacific crest trail has provided me with plenty of data to sift through. In this new pacific crest trail book, explore an indepth history of the trail and more than 250 photographs that bring the trail. A bit of that magic is captured in each of the pacific crest trail books that have been published over the decades. May 05, 2016 why are you hiking the pacific crest trail. Wild by cheryl strayed, a walkabout of reinvention the new york. When she had no one and nothing left, cheryl strayed traveled the pacific crest trail alone, writing. Almost makes me want to hike the pacific crest trail.
Theres a new book out about a young woman who hikes the pacific crest trail in the wake of personal trauma. I throughhiked the whole trail this year, starting in april as the deserts warmed before the greatest heat, and finishing in september before the first snow. Theyre day hikers and weekend backpackers, horseback riders, bird watchers or anglers. The pct is about beautiful landscapes, among other.
Finding out what it was like to walk for miles, strayed writes, was a powerful. Here, a hiker enjoys the view by juniper on the ridge, pacific crest trail, eldorado national forest. Author cheryl strayed hikes the pacific crest trail in. Books about the pacific crest trail fiction, memoirs, and guides are all welcome, but the pct should be the focus of the book. The trail crosses over numerous back roads, unlike the. Myla fay is a 25yearold woman who recently hiked 2100 miles alone. Mileages, landmarks, facilities, resupply data, and essential trail information for the entire pacific crest trail, from mexico to canada. Even before it hit the big screen in wild, the 2,663 milelong pacific crest trail was arguably the holy grail of american longdistance hiking. The number of hikers on the pacific crest trail has increased ten fold in recent years.
Womens pacific crest trail backpacking trip rei adventures. Few of us will ever undertake this epic adventure, but this book might just inspire you to do it. Section hiking from the columbia river to manning park by tami asars 286 pp. Wild, a hiking memoir by cheryl strayed the new york times. Official pacific crest trail book the pacific crest trail. Schaffer, ben schifrin, thomas winnett, the late ruby jenkins, andy selters, the staff of wilderness press, and all the others who worked on the pacific crest trail series through the years for winning the 2008 national outdoor book award in the classic category. Day by day on the pacific crest trail written while hiking the pct simon willis reveals what it smells, tastes and above all feels like to walk from mexico to canada. It covers all the topics you have been asking about regarding how i did certain feminine things along the trail. Aug 21, 2014 rattlesnakes and bald eagles is an account of chriss 1982 thruhike of the epic pacific crest trail.
Carrot is a very honest writer and her stories from the trail are both humorous and moving, like all her writing. Climbing mount everest is a feat so enormous, so dangerous, so daunting, that few people consider it, much less actually do it. Stretching from the mexican to the canadian border, the usas pacific crest trail pct is 2,663 miles long. Author cheryl strayed hikes the pacific crest trail in wild. A chronicle of one woman s one thousand one hundred mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy. The desert, the sierra, norcal, oregon, and washington. This summer, she plans to hike the continental divide trail, all the way from mexico to canada.
From lost to found on the pacific crest trail oprahs book club 2. Section hiking from the columbia river to manning park asars, tami on. The pct, as its commonly called by hikers, runs continuously from the border of mexico up through california sierra nevada, then onward to oregon and washington and the. Stretching from the mexican to the canadian border, the. This is the 6th edition of the national outdoor book award winner pacific crest trail. This week marks the beginning of a long journey which will result in the publishing of an illustrated book of my 2011 pacific crest trail journals. This documentary of their 20 thru hike of the pct is a stunning representation of the journey. Yet for a book critic tears are an occupational hazard.
Why i hiked the pacific crest trail halfway anywhere. Cheryl strayed hiked 1,100 miles along the pacific crest trail in a bid to escape her demons. We wanted to catalog all of the pacific crest trail books ever written because theyre worth it. Four months alone on the pacific crest trail the hairpin. Strayed went walking in search of what she calls radical aloneness. It crosses over deserts and tunn hikers are flooding the pacific crest trail. Mar 29, 2012 strayed became a novelist of some note in her late 30s. A narrative field guide to the unique plants, animals, history, and landscapes of the 2,650mile pacific crest trail. The pacific crest trail extends for a whopping miles from mexico to canada, forging an unbroken footpath through three statescalifornia, oregon, and washington. Previously, i reported my pct statistics in five different progress reports. Perfect for women who want to try backpacking, advance their backcountry skills or get a taste of life as a thruhiker, this trip is a learning journey that touches a spectacularly scenic portion of the pacific crest trail. Jun 12, 2017 pacific crest trail losing weight on the pacific crest trail keeping weight on is a tough game when youre walking 30 miles a dayand when you dont bring a stove, it only gets worse. The outdoor classic award is given annually to outdoor books of lasting. Reese witherspoons wild movie, featuring the pacific.
Losing weight on the pacific crest trail backpacker. As the title says, its about the ability to continue smiling, through pain, through ups and downs, through life. Day 61pacific crest trail walking the forest to burney. Four fullcolor books present all the essential trail data you need to hike from mexico to canada on the pct. Strayed became a novelist of some note in her late 30s. The pacific crest trail is one of the nations best known longdistance national scenic trails.
We ended up walking and chatting together for about 40 minutes. Written while hiking the pct this book reveals, moment by moment, what it smells, tastes and above all, feels like to walk from mexico to canada. The pct stretches across nine mountain ranges, from the. The trail is actually 2,650 miles long, but heavy snows blocked strayed. Pacific crest trail stories inspired by you wild movie and book. The more you enter into the world of thru hiking, however, the more you realise that walking for 5 months is very different from a one or two week excursion in the scottish highlands. Strayed says she worked hard to get that passage of the book right.
Yet more people have scaled mount everest, the worlds tallest mountain, than thruhiked americas pacific crest trail source. The pacific crest trail pct is a 2,661 mile hiking trail, starting in mexico and ending in canada. To continuously hike the whole trail in one long attempt is called throughhiking. Mileages, landmarks, facilities, resupply data and essential trail information for the entire pacific crest trail, from mexico to canada. The pct, as its known, is where memories are made, dreams ar. Each year about 300 people attempt to thruhike the trail, with about 60. Advice on love and life from dear sugar, a national best seller now the basis of the. Come celebrate with philip kramer, author and photographer of hiking the pacific crest trail. The shots are beautiful and the story is inspiring.
There are a ton of books, movies, and podcast out there about thruhiking the pacific crest trail. While hiking just south of agua dulce on the pacific crest trail, i met a fellow rambler who went by the name of big sky. A hikers companion second edition berger, karen, smith, daniel r. With over 200 maps, this comprehensive guide provides indepth coverage of the pacific crest trail pct from the mexican border to tuolumne meadows in yosemite national park.
Her memoir is a fascinating read, writes sara wheeler. Top quality, great selection and expert advice you can trust. Mar 29, 2017 carrot quinns book is an insight into thru hiking the pacific crest trail from the perspective of a queer woman. From lost to found on the pacific crest trail oprahs book. Official pacific crest trail book the pacific crest. The year after strayed backpacked the pacific crest trail, the writer bill bryson. About pacific crest trail authors kudos to jeffrey p. A walk through the pacific crest trail the new york times. The pacific crest trail association estimates more than a million people will be on the trail this year.
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