Thursday, July 09, 2009

The trail awaits you

I'm getting lots of messages lately from people who are wondering if they could manage hiking the PCT (or other major trails.)

My answer is: yes, you can, and if you can't do it this year, or next year, it will be waiting for you some other year.

I'm not a good person for trail advice or logistical help, (as you know from reading the book) but I can hook you up via email with people who know what they're talking about!

That's my thought for the day.

9 comments:

Timecheck said...

Hey, how about adding an rss feed so I don't have to remember to go find your blog. After reading your book, I expect something special from your blog. Should be interesting watching you get there.

cactuseaters said...

That's a good suggestion. Still getting up to speed on all of this.

k haas said...

cactuseaters, i've never figured out the dealio with rss feeds either. I just finished your book and I really enjoyed it! I first saw it mentioned in the Wesleyan magazine a bit ago. I could really relate to your writings: from worrying about becoming 'unemployable' after sojourns in the mountains to how stinky hikers may be to common folk. I walked on the pct trail heading south from canada to sisters, OR last Fall - and I have been grappling with whether to hop back on the trail soon. That's when I picked up your book - maybe half-hoping that it would inspire me to get back on the trail in August. I am in SF and have some PCT pics of mostly WA state on my blogspot here:

cactuseaters said...

Thanks! And thank you for the photo link -- this blog could use a new splash of authentic, PCT color. as for the RSS thing, it still could happen -- but I'll have to do some logistical work.

Timecheck said...

On Blogger to turn on rss feeds you go to Settings then Site Feed, set it to Full, and I think that is all that is required. After you do that, at the very bottom of your blog you should see:
Subscribe posts (Atom)

cactuseaters said...

thanks for the update-- after the latest comment I checked on the blogger site (and it looks really easy to set up...)

cactuseaters said...

Timecheck -- I went ahead and added the RSS feed -- so let's see what happens,
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Timecheck said...

I'm not seeing the Subscribe (Atom) at the bottom of your blog.

cactuseaters said...

Darn it -- I think I missed a step (will try again after marathon)