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Author
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
"Through the written word, graphic design, and illustration, The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium conveys the beauty of a 2,650-mile wilderness hike from Mexico to Canada. The author chronicles the PCT through infographics about the trail and the thru-hikers' experience, and includes arresting illustrations of the landscape and minutae of the trail"--
Author
Publisher
Independently published
Pub. Date
© 2012
Language
English
Description
"Cascade Summer is the story of Bob Welch's 452-mile hike on the Oregon portion of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2011. Adventure, breathtaking views, and new friends from around the world - the trip had it all. But there was no way the author was prepared for the bittersweet ending."--Publisher's description.
7) Trail of the lost: the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. But though she had the support of the agency, Andrea grew frustrated with the service's bureaucratic idiosyncrasies, and left the force after twelve years. Two decades later, however, she stumbles across a mystery that pulls...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Just before her 40th birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of the great trails of the world. Carrying everything she needed on her back, Francis spent five months walking from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail. Along the way, she lost her pack scrambling over scree in the desert, struggled to navigate high mountain passes, and wore the soles off her boots trekking across lava fields -- all within some...
14) Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Washington: section hiking from the Columbia River to Manning Park
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail stretches roughly 2650 miles from Mexico to Canada, passing through rich and varied terrain in California, Oregon, and Washington. While many hikers attempt to cover that distance in a single, epic journey, most of us are lucky to have a week to devote to hiking. Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Washington breaks down the state's more than 500 miles of the PCT into stunning routes that you can knock off in four...
15) Trail of the lost: the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. But though she had the support of the agency, Andrea grew frustrated with the service's bureaucratic idiosyncrasies, and left the force after twelve years. Two decades later, however, she stumbles across a mystery that pulls...
Author
Publisher
Wilderness Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1974, The Pacific Crest Trail, Vol. 2, Oregon & Washington quickly established itself as the book trekkers could not do without. Now thoroughly updated and redesigned, Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon & Washington starts at the California-Oregon border and guides you to the edge of Canada. It winds past rivers, peaks, forests, meadows, fascinating geological formations, and other natural wonders--such as Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, and...
Author
Publisher
Rt3 Media
Pub. Date
20131206
Language
English
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Description
Rookies in the Wild is the backpacking bible for those who don't backpack (and some that do). The true tale of a father and son who head off for one of the most beautiful-and ruggedly remote- areas of the country with no hiking experience, an overload of brand new gear, and a rich complement of paranoia. This comic, soft-core adventure story begins in Iowa and journeys to the Pacific Crest Trail in the Trinity Alps Wilderness of northern California....
Publisher
Tell It on the Mountain
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail involves walking 2,663 miles from Mexico to Canada, through California (1,699 miles), Oregon (457 miles), and Washington (500 miles). The journey last five months, from April to October. Follow a half dozen of the 300 hikers who attempt this journey every year.--Container.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, a female-driven true crime adventure that follows the author's quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies.
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