[pct-l] Break Strategies

[James Vesely]

A couple of my favorites where The Hobbit and the Harry Potter series,
The Hobbit was a great story as it has many parallels to backpacking and
it makes you feel like you are part of the story, hiking along with
Bilbo.   

The Harry Potter series of audio books was much better then the movies
and the actor/narrator readings of the books were superb (he uses a
different voice for each character in an English accent).   

I will have to try the Lawrence of Arabia book do you have the name of
the person who reads it, or publisher?

Jim     



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I actually do use audio books when doing my local neighborhood walks.
I 
walk the same one-mile loop that I've walked (or ran) for nearly 35
years so 
it does get a bit boring.  The audio books provide a way to catch up on
my 
reading while still getting my daily exercise.  So yes!  Audio books are
a 
bit expensive so I try to find a non-fiction book that's fairly long.
Right 
now I'm listening to "Lawrence In Arabia", highly recommended!  So much
so 
that I'm trying to find a map that depicts that region (Near East)
during 
the WWI era.


-----Original Message----- 
From: James Vesely
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:08 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Break Strategies


Try audio books they are a bit safer then reading but still enjoyable.

Jim





That's pretty neat; I never thought of reading while walking.  I'd never
try
it; I'd kill myself!  :)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Carl Siechert
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 6:40 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net MailingList
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Break Strategies

Back in my day, not only were there no portable electronics, I don't
think
electricity had been discovered. And we carried stupidly heavy packs so
our
break strategy (collapse often and for long periods) has no relevance
today.

But I had to respond to your comment about paperbacks. In the most
boring
stretches of Oregon forest, I actually read a paperback book while I
hiked.
Only a few times did I stumble over a root or rock, and it made the
miles
pass much more quickly.

Carl
1977 PCT Kelty Kid
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