[pct-l] Eric Ryback

> I just finished reading "The High Adventure of Eric Ryback" again. I found
> the book in our local public library. For those of you who have never
heard
> of him, the book is about his story of walking the PCT in 1970. He is
> supposed to be the first person to hike end to end. I read it the first
time
> back in the late 70's when I was in high school. Things were really
> different along the trail, or whatever it was, back then in 1970. I didn't
> know that Mt. Adams used to be in southern California. Was it still there
or
> had they moved it to Oregon when some of you guys hiked the trail in the
> late 70's. I was amazed at his ability to tick off 25 and 30 mile days,
> hiking off-trail with only a compass. From the story his resupply drops
were
> 350 miles apart, he makes it sound like he didn't supplement his food
supply
> along the way. Anybody else remember this book? Where is Eric now???
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