The Pacific Crest Trail

Zusatztext "A thru-hiker collects friends, memoriesand lots and lots of observationsalong the Pacific Crest Trail" Seattle Times "A joy to page through, even if you have no intention of leaving your couch, packed with fun personal hiking stats (135 chocolate bars eaten), maps, wildlife and insect guides, trail notes, must-see landmarks, and even a page of vintage beer cans found on the trail." Portland Monthly " The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium is aesthetically pleasing, to say the least. The photos, colorful graphics, lists and anecdotes that fill its pages chronicle Powell's hike in about as much detail as humanly possible." Spokesman-Review Informationen zum Autor Joshua M. Powell Klappentext The Pacific Crest Trail as you've never seen it before! A visual feast for the senses, this highly designed paperback showcases the PCT through clever infographics, modern illustration, and insightful text. The book captures both the grandeur of the West Coast as well as the tiniest things that a thru-hiker notices and experiences during a 140-day trek. Through the written word, graphic design, and illustration, The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium conveys the beauty and the beastliness of a 2,650-mile wilderness hike from Mexico to Canada. The author chronicles the PCT through infographics about the trail and the thru-hikers' experience, and includes arresting illustrations of the landscape and minutiae of the trail. Everything from trail markers, weather challenges, and the stories behind popular toponyms to the songs stuck in a hiker's head, thru-hiker trail names, and food consumed will be addressed, making this an ideal gift for any outdoor enthusiast. Leseprobe SOMEWHERE IN THE Glacier Peak Wilderness I recorded in my journal the following thoughts: I'm excited about creating a PCT book and feel like I need to make it happen. No matter how hard it is or how long it takes. I've got to be as committed to it as I have been to hiking the trail itself. I made it a goal to create a book about the Pacific Crest Trail at nearly the same time I decided to walk from Mexico to Canada. I had been working as a bookseller and a book designer and other than hiking, books were the main focus of my life. It only made sense to combine the two passions. It turns out that creating this book has proven more difficult than walking to Canada, though no less enjoyable. Throughout the experience I often thought what a gift it was to continually relive my time on the trail and that even if the book was never published, the process alone was more than worth it. It's surprising for me to consider that the PCT has been a consistent focus of my life for nearly a decade. I committed to thru-hiking in the fall of 2012 as I stood along the trail in the Goat Rocks Wilderness in Southern Washington. I stared out at the Knife's Edge and Mount Rainier, one of the most iconic views of the PCT, and made a pact with myself to return to that point, having walked there from Mexico. It was a gorgeous October day, part of a wonderful backpacking trip during that Indian Summer. I had met several thru-hikers on the tripat the ass end of their cohort, as they put it. Summer ended soon enough and some of them made it to Canada and some did not. One of them, in fact, ended up spending a week lost in the snow north of Stevens Pass and was lucky to survive. I made it back to that point in 2014, but the only thing I saw was the silhouettes of my thru-hiking companions as they disappeared into the fog ahead of me. The previous day had brought the worst rain of my entire thru-hike, leaving the beautiful scenery of the Goat Rocks to my memory and replacing it with the cold, wet discomfort of life on the trail. It was one of many difficult days I experienced over the course of that summer. When my hik...

"A thru-hiker collects friends, memories—and lots and lots of observations—along the Pacific Crest Trail"
*—Seattle Times
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"A joy to page through, even if you have no intention of leaving your couch, packed with fun personal hiking stats (“135 chocolate bars” eaten), maps, wildlife and insect guides, trail notes, must-see landmarks, and even a page of vintage beer cans found on the trail."
*—Portland Monthly
*
"The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium is aesthetically pleasing, to say the least. The photos, colorful graphics, lists and anecdotes that fill its pages chronicle Powell’s hike in about as much detail as humanly possible."
*—Spokesman-Review

Autorentext

Joshua M. Powell

Klappentext

The Pacific Crest Trail as you've never seen it before! A visual feast for the senses, this highly designed paperback showcases the PCT through clever infographics, modern illustration, and insightful text. The book captures both the grandeur of the West Coast as well as the tiniest things that a thru-hiker notices and experiences during a 140-day trek.

Through the written word, graphic design, and illustration, The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium conveys the beauty and the beastliness of a 2,650-mile wilderness hike from Mexico to Canada. The author chronicles the PCT through infographics about the trail and the thru-hikers' experience, and includes arresting illustrations of the landscape and minutiae of the trail. Everything from trail markers, weather challenges, and the stories behind popular toponyms to the songs stuck in a hiker's head, thru-hiker trail names, and food consumed will be addressed, making this an ideal gift for any outdoor enthusiast.

Leseprobe
SOMEWHERE IN THE Glacier Peak Wilderness I recorded in my journal the following thoughts:

I’m excited about creating a PCT book and feel like I need to make it happen. No matter how hard it is or how long it takes. I’ve got to be as committed to it as I have been to hiking the trail itself.

I made it a goal to create a book about the Pacific Crest Trail at nearly the same time I decided to walk from Mexico to Canada. I had been working as a bookseller and a book designer and other than hiking, books were the main focus of my life. It only made sense to combine
the two passions.
It turns out that creating this book has proven more difficult than walking to Canada, though no less enjoyable. Throughout the experience I often thought what a gift it was to continually relive my time on the trail and that even if the book was never published, the process alone was more than worth it. It’s surprising for me to consider that the PCT has been a consistent focus of my life for nearly a decade.
I committed to thru-hiking in the fall of 2012 as I stood along the trail in the Goat Rocks Wilderness in Southern Washington. I stared out at the Knife’s Edge and Mount Rainier, one of the most iconic views of the PCT, and made a pact with myself to return to that point, having walked there from Mexico. It was a gorgeous October day, part of a wonderful backpacking trip during that Indian Summer. I had met several thru-hikers on the trip—at the “ass end” of their cohort, as they put it. Summer ended soon enough and some of them made it to Canada and some did not. One of them, in fact, ended up spending a week lost in the snow north of Stevens Pass and was lucky to survive.
I made it back to that point in 2014, but the only thing I saw was the silhouettes of my thru-hiking companions as they disappeared into the fog ahead of me. The previous day had brought the worst rain of my entire thru-hike, leaving the beautiful scenery of the Goat Rocks to my memory and replacing it with the cold, wet discomfort of life on the trail. It was one of many difficult days I experienced over the course of that summer. When my hike was over, however, I often claimed that I never had a bad day on the trail. Bad minutes and bad hours, sure, but never a ba…