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<div><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To prepare for the AT, I read so many journals and way back then(late 90's) Yogi's still stands out. For a book, There are Mountains to Climb by Jean Deeds spoke to me. Here was an "old" lady my age who actually hiked the trail.</FONT></div>
<div>For the PCT the only thru hiker book I found was A Blistered Kind of Love by Angela Ballard.</div>
<div>Funny - both of these books were written by hikers who had to go back and finish parts that they couldn't do in a single season.</div>
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<div>Today when people realized I've hiked all three trails, they never mention the books above, only Wild and A Walk in the Woods.</div>
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From: Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com><br>
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<div><SPAN>Oh yes, I enjoyed both books for what they are.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>Walk in the Woods was an enjoyable "airport" book. Something light to kill two hours during a layover. Amusing and fun.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>Were they books about thru-hiking? No.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Much like the trails, enjoy them for what they are rather then what you want them to be. </div>
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