Dances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure | 
 enlarge | Author: George G. Spearing
Publisher: Lulu.com
Category: Book
Buy New: $14.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 162382
Media: Paperback
Pages: 263
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1411656180
EAN: 9781411656185
ASIN: 1411656180
Publication Date: November 10, 2005
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Book Description
The inspiring story of a 4300km solo hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail.
Despite never having hiked before, George Spearing decides to take 'leave of absence' from his job as a firefighter in the New Zealand Fire Service and walk the length of America.
Travelling entirely on foot and off road, George's five month journey takes him through the desert areas and High Sierra Nevada of California, the Cascade ranges of Oregon and Washington, and finally emerges in the Okanogan Forest of British Columbia, Canada.
The diverse mix of dry Mojave desert, High Sierra snows and the characters and wildlife met along the way, provide an often humorous look at the US and its wilderness through the eyes of a New Zealander.
The lively and easily read style, including illustrations, will appeal to both adventurer and armchair adventurer alike. Follow the adventure from its inception on an Auckland, New Zealand Fire Station, to its culmination in British Columbia, Canada. Traversing 40 Wilderness areas, 24 National Forests, 7 National Parks, 3 State Parks, 19 major canyons and climbing 57 mountain passes, the epic journey takes the reader from near sea level at the Mexican border to 13,200 ft at Forester Pass in the snowbound High Sierra. An entertaining and inspiring read for anyone contemplating hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, or for anyone who just enjoys a good adventure story.
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 Dances With Marmots March 23, 2008
This was a great read. I love reading trail journals and this book was no exception.
You Can't Touch This! February 10, 2008
A hilarious romp through the wilds of North America. Anyone thinking about hiking the PCT should definitely buy this book!
Inspirational Journey August 15, 2007
Now I want to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. The story is well told, a real page turner. Well written, very interesting, and an inspiration for getting myself on a trail.
 Long on Kiwi humor; short on backpacking narrative and photos June 26, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was an easy read, but disappointing in its lack of photos and descriptions of life on the trail and destinations seen.
A bit disappointing June 19, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although I commend the author for his courage and humor, some things about the book distracted from reading pleasure. This read like a self-published book (maybe it is) that had not been edited at all. There were no paragraph indents, and many sentences were run-on (strung together with commas when there sould have been a period). I'm not a stickler about grammar, but this was distracting and made it hard to read. There was also a problem with tense and scenes suddenly switching. For example, in a camping scene, the author would suddenly mention that he saw 3 bears while camping, but it turned out that this was referring to something that would happen several chapters later, so that during the present scene I would wonder, "Where are the bears?" Often I would hope for an interesting scene only to be disappointed by a blow by blow of each day and night on the trail (including the days where nothing really happened). If you can deal with the amateur style, you may enjoy this book.
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