
Skywalker
Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Narrated by:
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Bill Walker
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By:
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Bill Walker
The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT )is the perfect place for an average person to do something extraordinary. Bill Walker ("Skywalker"), who stands 6'11", might seem like anything but average. Yet in a brutally honest tone, he lays to bare all his considerable weaknesses and fears. Among these are crushing weight loss and fatigue, along with a fear of getting lost or a bear stealing his food. Nonetheless, he is bound and determined to hike the PCT which - at 2,663 miles - runs all the way from Mexico to Canada.
The PCT's calling card is its stunning beauty. It has a diversity of geography unequaled by any footpath in the world. Haunting and beckoning the PCT hiker are the implacable desert, the towering majesty of the so-called High Sierra, and the ruggedly bleak, northern Cascade range. Indeed, the PCT hiker faces much greater extremes of terrain and climate than on the famed Appalachian Trail. Completing this demanding challenge calls for overwhelming clarity of purpose.
Walker's signature characteristic as a writer is his real talent in capturing people. Obviously, he is a people person because he runs into and vividly describes a truly colorful cast of characters from seemingly all walks of American life. Among these are Uber Bitch, Shit Bag, and Serial Killer; the listener learns how these hikers ended up with their names (hint: blunders).The listener need not worry that Walker is a bully. Throughout this irreverent narrative, he turns his considerable supply of humor back on himself in ruthlessly self-deprecating fashion. It all makes for a delightful experience.
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Book focuses on women, sexual innuendos, and forced humor. Distracting listener from actual hike.
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Skywalker: Highs and Lows on the PCT review
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Informative Travelogue
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Fantastic!
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Must Read!
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One persons account
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
Dialog seems a little clunky, no one talks like this in real life.Any additional comments?
The narration is weird.Good Story, but Narration is weird
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I enjoy most trail books
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Narration is a bit rough in places, but the narrator is also the author.
Reasonably entertaining if you are interested in thru hiking.
Not Bad
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Excellent, Entertaining
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