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Dances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure
Dances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure

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Author: George G. Spearing
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date: 2005-11-10
ISBN-10: 1411656180
ISBN-13: 9781411656185
List Price: $14.75
Average Customer Rating:
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Summary:
Inspiring and entertaining account of a 4300km solo hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail. Despite never having hiked before, George Spearing decided 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, his five month journey takes him through the desert areas and snowbound 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 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 easily read style, along with several images, provides an entertaining and inspiring read for anyone contemplating hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or for anyone who enjoys a good adventure story.

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Dances With Marmots
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This was a great read. I love reading trail journals and this book was no exception.

You Can't Touch This!
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A hilarious romp through the wilds of North America. Anyone thinking about hiking the PCT should definitely buy this book!

Inspirational Journey
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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
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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
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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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