Category Archives: What’s New?

Last night I made additions/corrections to the list of Pacific Crest Trail books and media. If anyone notices omissions or errors, please send me a comment. Happy Crest hiking!!

Added to the Appalachian Trail memoirs section: Endicott, Joseph. Born to Walk: Speaking the Gospel of John on the Appalachian Trail. [S.l.]: Joseph Endicott, 2012. Mann, Courtney Lynne. Wide Sky, Narrow Path: A View from the Trail. [S.l.]: XLibris, 2011. … Continue reading →

Appalachian Trail: Dragon, Albert. Avalanche and Gorilla Jim: Appalachian Trail Adventures and Other Tales. New York: Morgan James, 2012. Flowers, Pam.  Ellie’s Long Walk:  The True Story of Two Friends on the Appalachian Trail. [Portland, Ore.]: WestWinds Press, 2012.  [ages … Continue reading →

I’ve just added this book to the “Appalachian Trail. Planning Guides.” category: Davis, Zach.  Appalachian Trials: A Psychological and Emotional Guide to Successfully Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail. [San Francisco]:  Zach Davis, 2012. This is one of the very few guides … Continue reading →

PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: I’ve added the Pacific Crest Trail Atlases by Erik Asorson (“Erik the Black”). There are five volumes: Southern California, Central California, Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. They are pocket-sized and weigh 5 ounces each.

I am constantly amazed by my League of Extraordinary Friends–the people I know who are extraordinarily knowledgeable experts in such widely diverse areas as landscaping, photography, ornithology, botany,etc. etc. ad infinitum. One of these Extraordinary Friends is an expert, not … Continue reading →

Pacific Northwest Trail.  General. Strickland, Ron.  Pathfinder:  Blazing a New Wilderness Trail in Modern America. Corvallis, Ore.: Oregon State University Press, 2011. Pacific Crest Trail.  Memoirs. Walker, Bill.  Skywalker:  Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. [North Charleston, S.C.:  … Continue reading →

Ol’ eArThworm is back in the saddle…or rather, back on the keyboard…again.  I’ve added three new books under Appalachian Trail–Memoirs: Barnes, David M.  Faithful’s Journey on the Appalachian Trail. North Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace, 2010. Davis, Jennifer Pharr.  Becoming Odyssa: Epic … Continue reading →

Sorry for the lack of updating, folks.  I had a shoulder injury for months, and then surgery.  My right arm’s in a sling for a couple more weeks.  All keyboarding has to be hunt-and-peck with one hand and is frustratingly … Continue reading →

Click on FEATURED BOOK to see reviews of these three books: Solemates: Lessons on Life, Love & Marriage from the Appalachian Trail by Randy “Windtalker” Motz & Georgia “Mom” Harris.  364 pages.  CreateSpace © 2008 $18.95 softcover.  Purchase at   … Continue reading →