Whistler's Way: A Thru-Hikers Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

Author and thru-hiker Bill Monk has done it again. In Whistlers Way, his second and much-anticipated book, Bill, aka Whistler, tackles the wildly beautiful Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the California/Mexican border to British Columbia, Canada. That's a 2,650-mile trek, taking him from sea level up to a cloud busting 13,153 feet in elevation along one of North America's pristine long trails. Whisder brings readers along on his epic journey, describing every detail of five long months filled with awe-inspiring views, heart-stopping danger, and unrelenting adventure. The intrepid 60-year-old must face 700 miles of scorching desert crawling with rattlesnakes and mountaintops raging with snowstorms, testing his physical stamina to the limit and beyond. But biking such a long trail is just as difficult mentally as it is physically, if not more so. Isolation is every hiker's periodic companion. But companionship is often found in the way of other hikers from around the globe and of course his good friend Scooby, whom readers know from his first book, as he hikes along with him, scaring the first 650 miles of the desert of southern California. Based on the journal entries Bill wrote daily along the way, Whistler's Way invites readers to hike along with him, witnessing his very real trials and triumphs, and each incredible, beautiful moment as he experienced it. Anyone who has hiked, or plans on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, lovers of nature, and those who want to know what it's like to accomplish a seemingly insurmountable goal will relish this uplifting story. With every milestone achieved throughout his arduous journey, Whisder once again paints a magnificent portrait of the outdoors, and what it's like to fully immerse oneself in nature's glorious, awe-inspiring, and occasionally very challenging beauty. Book jacket.