Skywalker: Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail | Bill "Skywalker" Walker
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 an honest, self-deprecating tone, he lays bare all his considerable weaknesses and fears while hiking the PCT. Among these are crushing weight loss and fatigue, along with a fear of getting lost or a dangerous encounter with bears. Nonetheless, he determined to hike the PCT, which at 2,663 miles runs all the way from Mexico to Canada. The PCT is known for its stunning beauty. It has a diversity of geography unequaled by any footpath in the world. Haunting and beckoning the PCT hiker are the implacable desert, the towering majesty of the High Sierra, and the ruggedly bleak, northern Cascade range. Indeed, the PCT hiker faces even greater extremes of terrain and climate than on the famed Appalachian Trail. Along the way, Walker meets a diverse cast of hikers from all walks of American life.
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