A Thru-Hiker's Heart: Tales of the Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail connects the mountain tops that run 2,650-miles from Mexico to Canada at the edge of a continent. A Thru-Hiker's Heart tells the tales of the five month trip that some consider more challenging and life-changing than climbing Mount Everest. But this is not the typical book about hiking--miles, bugs and blisters. In a vivid and insightful voice, Ray Echols tell us the stories of encounters with hikers and town folk, and encounters with the solitude of the soul. Here are not only rattlesnakes, mountain lions and lightning strikes, but exhilaration and trail magic. In the eyes of other hikers and everday people along the trail, Ray glimpses our human courage and kindness. These are the reasons we follow our dreams to heights we never imagined.