Dan, who shares the unfortunate name of a notorious San Francisco double-murderer, has a new book out about his long-ago adventure up the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s called “The Cactus Eaters,” alluding to the time when, in an extreme expression…
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‘Zero Days’ clan on WildeBeat
by tom • April 26, 2008 • 2 Comments
Steve Sergeant interviews Captain Bligh, Nellie Bly and Scrambler, the family who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004, chronicled in the book “Zero Days” (since trail season is officially under way it’s OK to call ’em by their trail…
PCT update: Local through-hikers have trail names
by tom • April 23, 2008 • 0 Comments
Dave and Cindy Peters have already logged their first 100 miles from the wall at Campo on the U.S.-Mexico border. They’re now calling themselves Zelda and Tarzan. How Dave got dubbed: At Scissors Crossing we stopped to rest and make…
A priceless PCT dispatch
by tom • April 21, 2008 • 1 Comment
Jellybean, from Mile 43 of the Pacific Crest trail: I was sitting on a rock out cropping yesterday to air my feet and eat a snack. I could see down into the valley and interstate 8. I was thinking Wow!…
“Zero Days” author appearances
by tom • January 29, 2008 • 1 Comment
Barbara Egbert, who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail a few years back with her 10-year-old daughter, has a few store appearances coming up: Barbara will be signing her new book at 2 p.m. March 2 at the Pleasanton Library; at…
Interview: Through-hiking the Pacific Northwest Trail
by tom • November 19, 2007 • 1 Comment
Not to be confused with the Pacific Crest Trail, the Pacific Northwest Trail runs for nearly 1,200 miles from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean. Two-Heel Drive reader and blogger Greg Seitz interviewed a friend of his who hiked…
Book review: “Zero Days”
by tmangan • November 8, 2007 • 1 Comment
The Mercury News has posted my review of Barbara Egbert’s “Zero Days,” which recounts her 2004 Pacific Crest Trail through-hike with her husband and 10-year-old daughter. Excerpt: Egbert and Chambers, who live in Sunol, started taking their daughter on backpacking…
Delving into “Zero Days”
by tmangan • October 17, 2007 • 1 Comment
So 4WheelBob is not the only chaser-of-remarkable-firsts in my acquaintance. It so happens that a woman I work with hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004 with her 10-year-old daughter, the youngest ever to hike the whole trail. Barb Egbert…
Calipidder’s JMT report
by tmangan • August 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rebecca of Calipidder.com was finishing her John Muir Trail trek just as I was gearing up for the White Mountain Adventure. She now has several days of words and pictures posted, starting with this introduction, which includes links to each…