The Last Englishman: A 2,650 mile hiking adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail info
SHORTLISTED FOR 'OUTDOOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012' BY THE GREAT OUTDOORS MAGAZINE
The Pacific Crest Trail stretches some 2,650 miles from the Mexican border to Canada. It meanders through the scorching deserts of California, the dramatic Sierra Nevada, the volcanic landscape of Oregon and the vast forest of Washington.
Every year around 300 hikers attempt to walk its entirety. Four in ten give up in the first month alone and only two will reach Canada. Extremes of heat and cold, the toughness and roughness of the trail and encounters with an assortment of potentially deadly creatures stretch walkers to their absolute limits.
It’s a lesson Keith Foskett soon learns the hard way, having to deal with blisters and othe