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I Hike (2012)

by Lawton Grinter(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0985241500 (ISBN13: 9780985241506)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Grand Mesa Press

review 1: Unlike most hiking memoirs, this book is not a diary that recounts a thru hike day by day. Instead, Grinter gives a greatest hits version, offering anecdotes from his more than 10,000 miles on the trail, including his four thru hikes. Each chapter tells a story, usually covering days or even weeks on the trail. Among my favorites were the Bears of Yosemite, the story of fellow hiker Lucky on the PCT, and the chafing problems on the CDT (hilarious with the shaving emergency of the German hiker). No one will be able to forget Grinter's story about Gator Boy (you might cry with that one). One final positive is that the author probably had to leave out so many great stories that we can hope for a second book in the future.
review 2: Quotable: There is true freed... moreom on the trail. You answer to no one. There is no morning commute or climbing of the corporate ladder. There is no clock-punching or working your way into middle management. There is no multi-tasking. There is only the trail and the singular goal of reaching some distant border or ending point many months down the road. It's quite beautiful in its simplicity.My backpack is loaded; it's time to hit the trail. less

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