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hootyhoo
03-25-2009, 20:06
What is the best book of someones trail experience - any long trail will do.
CrumbSnatcher
03-25-2009, 20:22
i really enjoyed awol on the appalachian trail, iron toothpick, bearfoot a northbounder and model t's book walking on the happy side of misery 4 A.T. BOOKS
Rcarver
03-25-2009, 20:23
Walking with spring.
Lone Wolf
03-25-2009, 20:27
What is the best book of someones trail experience - any long trail will do.

right here http://www.funfreedom.com/
CrumbSnatcher
03-25-2009, 20:41
right here http://www.funfreedom.com/
this book was really good too
Bearpaw
03-25-2009, 20:44
Jan Liteshoe's book is a very good read.

So is J. R. Tate's Walking on the Happy Side of Misery (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1401020410/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books).
Rain Man
03-25-2009, 22:31
Lots of good ones. This one is true and amazing...

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
by Slavomir Rawicz

Makes "A Walk in the Woods" look like "A Dally in the Park."

Rain:sunMan

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RedneckRye
03-25-2009, 22:39
I just picked up two Colin Fletcher books used, cheap.
The Thousand Mile Summer and The Man Who Walked Through Time.
Read them both years ago, good stuff.
Monkeyboy
03-25-2009, 22:53
Appalachian Hiker by Ed Garvey
amac
03-26-2009, 08:23
Skywalker is another good one.
notorius tic
03-26-2009, 08:38
A walk with sun shine.
bigcranky
03-26-2009, 08:47
I like Then the Hail Came (http://www.skwc.com/exile/Hail-nf.html).
Frick Frack
03-26-2009, 10:55
The most recent book I have enjoyed is http://skywalkerat.com/ ...everyone I have recommended it to has enjoyed it.

As Far as The Eye Can See by David Brill was excellent too
Frosty
03-26-2009, 11:49
Jan Liteshoe's book is a very good read.

So is J. R. Tate's Walking on the Happy Side of Misery (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1401020410/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books).Both good. Also Miller's AWOL ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, and Rubin's OFF THE BEATEN PATH. The latter is more literary and less of an itinerary of a hike.

Jack Hitt's OFF THE PATH is about walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain and is very good. Like Rubin's book, it is less a hike report than a ruminative narrative.
Ender
03-26-2009, 11:52
I like Then the Hail Came (http://www.skwc.com/exile/Hail-nf.html).

Ditto... that story totally got me hooked. And it's free online.
fehchet
03-26-2009, 13:24
I ran into Skywalker yesterday at Environeers in Sarasota. He was in the process of delivering them some books to sell. Skywalker says he is headed to the PCT this year for a go at it.
Environeers is a hikers Heaven.
vamelungeon
03-26-2009, 14:33
Ditto... that story totally got me hooked. And it's free online.
I'm reading it right now, I'm near the end.
Rain Man
03-27-2009, 09:53
... and Rubin's OFF THE BEATEN PATH. The latter is more literary and less of an itinerary of a hike.

Just in case anyone might be doing a title search to find it, it is "ON the beaten path," and not "OFF the beaten path." Hope this helps. A good AT book, yes.

Rain:sunMan

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The Snowman
03-28-2009, 15:49
A walk Across America is a good book some of it is on the AT
superman
03-28-2009, 16:11
This is Small World's book. He hiked in 2000. http://www.rememberthecarrot.com/ (http://www.rememberthecarrot.com/)