[pct-l] Cheryl Strayed's book

[Dennis Phelan]

All this talk has caused me to buy this book for my kindle.  Hopefully it
will be worth the $12.95.

Dennis
On Jun 8, 2012 5:53 PM, "Douglas Tow" <douglastow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good afternoon!
>
> Cheryl Strayed's book makes obvious mention a number of times of the
> "Pacific Crest Trail" books by Schaffer, et al.  She also mentions Ray
> Jardine, but somewhat indirectly.  Those interested may wish to track the
> popularity of these publications on Amazon to get an idea of how great the
> traffic is of those taking the logical next step toward considering a
> hike.  I hope the PCTA makes mention of how much additional inquiry and
> membership activity there has been.
>
> The author suffered mightily from problems stemming from excessive pack
> weight and footware and equipment choices.  As the book is more of an
> inspirational/recovery story, there is little ink devoted to guidance as to
> how a person might make the trail more enjoyable and accessible.  By way of
> example, she suffered foot problems wearing too-small Raichle
> boots, continued to suffer for various reasons even after sizing up her
> boots, and never mentioned that so, so many hikers now wear running shoes
> or trail runners.  A casual reader could easily come away with impressions
> that the trail is truly dangerous, full of snow, rattlesnakes, privation,
> some predatory men, and people that offer passing hikers drugs.
>
> And then there's the reason that 10,000 people don't start a distance hike
> on the PCT every year - logistics.  Time, money, physical ability,
> relationships, jobs, supply and resupply.  So many that have a neverending
> dream of going end up not going, or only going after years of planning and
> saving.
>
> We shall see.
>
> Doug
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