I picked up this paperback at Deseret Industries and I enjoyed almost every page. Bryson waxes long on environmental issues, which is mostly interesting, but sometimes I was anxious to get back to his hike with Katz. I am a big fan of hiking stories, and this one filled the bill. Katz is a funny foil to funny, but more droll Bryson. I'm recovering from my hemi-lamenectomy, so it was fun to dream about hiking again. and I wondered, not for the first time, do I want to plan a trip to the AT and do some section hiking, or do I just want to read about it?
I think both! I wonder if I could put together an itinerary that would work...would I want to go solo? this July will be good practice if I can figure out a way to stay near Yosemite and do a little section hiking of the John Muir Trail. A good test of my research skills!
At any rate, this author is (mostly) clean, with a few colorful expletives, mostly from his hiking companion, Katz. I liked the way they were flexible, too, and didn't insist on doing parts of the trail they deemed beyond their skills. Yet they had plenty of challenges. I wonder if I could carry a heavy pack? No, I'm definitely more of a section hiker with a car full of my stuff at the end of each day...I don't mind missing the trail experiences at the shelters and campgrounds. They sound too uncomfortable! I wonder, who would like to do this with me?
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