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Lancaster is Outdoor Life s gear staff writer where she focuses on in-depth testing of backpacking and camping gear, with a particular interest in lightweight and ultralight gear. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and daughter. ....
18:57 A new book documents the stories of a husband-and-wife hiking team and others who tackled the 2,653-mile long Pacific Crest Trail in the western U.S. The author is Barney Scout Mann. Having also trekked the Appalachian Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, he has completed what’s known in the hiking world as America’s Triple Crown. WAMC s Jim Levulis spoke with Mann about his experiences and how he approached the hike that turned into Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail. Mann: I did not know I was going to write a book. But I did know I was going to write about it. Here I m hiking 20 miles a day. But as important to me as my feet, was journaling. Everyday I d write 400 or 300 words. And one of the times I was most down on my hike, I d gotten 48 hours behind on my journal. ....