In 1987, Will Uher and I completed a fast pack of the John Muir Trail. We had a fantastic time. That was before fast packing was even a common term. Now, people do it all the time. Even through there are many great trails and areas to fast pack, the John Muir Trail remains a favorite of many athletes.
The John Muir Trail book is my second give away of a Wilderness Press book – to get you and your feet into new adventures. Wilderness Press was kind enough to donate books for my give away.
For your chance to win this book, there are two steps: by end of day January 8th, 1) Send me an email with your best 50-word reason why you want the book, and 2) includethe names of three people to whom you are sending an email encouraging them to subscribe to my Fixing Your Feet blog. Remember to keep it to 50 words only. No more.
Description
Running from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevada, the 212 mile John Muir Trail passes through some of the most dramatic mountain terrain in the United States. Each year, thousands of backpackers traverse some or all of the trail, relying on Wilderness Press’s John Muir Trail. The completely updated edition of this Sierra classic includes significant information found nowhere else. The new John Muir Trail meticulously describes the entire trail and is written for today’s hikers. The book includes GPS coordinates, not only for every junction, but also for every established campsite, bear box, and mountain pass that the trail crosses. The guide has separate descriptions for northbound and southbound hikers; for each direction, a junction chart shows all the trail’s ups and downs.
- Author: Elizabeth Wenk
- Value: $17.95
- Pages: 256
- Pub Date: 2007
About the Author
From childhood, Lizzy Wenk has hiked and climbed in the Sierra Nevada with her family. After she started college, she found excuses to spend every summer in the Sierra, with its beguiling landscape, abundant flowers, and near-perfect weather. During those summers, she worked as a research assistant for others and completed her own Ph.D. thesis research on the effects of rock type on alpine plant distribution and physiology. But much of the time, she hikes simply for leisure. Wanting to explore every bit of the Sierra, she has hiked thousands of on- and off-trail miles and climbed nearly 500 peaks in the mountain range.
I have included a link to the book at Wilderness Press and Amazon web pages for the book in case you don’t win the book. Check it out at either site.
In case one of your goals is to hike Mt. Whitney, I have the One Best Hike – Mt. Whitney book that I offered in my first give away. First come, first served.
I want to help you find new adventures in 2010.
