The Book: Hiking Through?

[Spirit Bear]

I was in Kroger (Grocery Store) this past Sunday and was walking through the book section and this book caught my eye. I have read 4 books on the AT up to this point and found this one randomly. I just read the first chapter and so far it is pretty good, the guy is a good story teller. His wife died of Cancer in 2006 and he decided to hike the AT.

Has anyone read this book? If so did you like it?

Books I have read so far
A walk in the woods (Bill Bryson)
Becoming Odyssa (Jennifer Phar Davis)
Just Passin Thru (Winton Porter)
46 days (Brew Davis)
As far as the eye can see (David Brill)

Non AT books but related...
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into thin air (Jon Krakauer)

[BirdBrain]

I read it. I am not a book worm. In general, I read only for knowledge and seldom for entertainment value. This book was good from both standpoints. I could not put it down. Read it in a couple of days. It is a very honest account of a man facing heartache and success. Definitely worth the read.

[ATSomeday]

I am on my second reading of it and am enjoying it as much now as I did when I originally read it.

Have read a few myself. And have enjoyed most immensely.

• A Walk In The Woods – Bill Bryson
• Becoming Odyssa – Jennifer Pharr Davis
• Hiking Through – Paul Stutzman
• Just Passing Thru – Winton Porter
• Awol On The Appalachian Trail – David Miller
• Skywalker – Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Walker
• Three Hundred Zeroes – Dennis Blanchard
• End to Ending – Tanner Critz
• A Walk For Sunshine – Jeff Alt
• Walking The Appalachian Trail – Larry Luxemberg
• On The Beaten Path – Robert Alden Rubin
• Walking With Spring – Earl V. Shaffer
• Walkin With the Ghost Whisperers: Lore and Legends Of The Appalachian Trail – J. R. Tate
• Walking on the Happy Side of Misery – J. R. Tate
• Remember The Carrot – Aaron Welch
• Blind Courage – Bill Irwin and David McCasland

[Cork]

I read and really enjoyed it! It was a little bit on the preachy-religious side at times...but hey - the guy has been through a lot and to each their own. At one part, where he's really gettin in to it, I skipped ahead. The first line, where I re-started, said something like, "OK for all of you who just skipped ahead...". I laughed like crazy! He seems like a pretty cool guy.

[Spirit Bear]

I read and really enjoyed it! It was a little bit on the preachy-religious side at times...but hey - the guy has been through a lot and to each their own. At one part, where he's really gettin in to it, I skipped ahead. The first line, where I re-started, said something like, "OK for all of you who just skipped ahead...". I laughed like crazy! He seems like a pretty cool guy.

I read the first chapter to my girlfriend last night and she looked at me and said, what is a minnonite. I tried to act like I knew but honestly I had no clue. Just that it is a sect of christianity I guess. His first chapter is pretty descriptive of the process of losing someone you are very close to, that sucked us both in and we did see some heavy christian overtones which is ok. My girl grew up catholic and I grew up southern baptist, not by choice of course.

It will be a great read and I can't believe how I found it, just randomly in the book section of a grocery store and it caught my eye as I was walking by. Maybe an angel put it there for me to read.

[Dirty Bird 99]

Have read most of the books mentioned above. Just discovered a new one ya'll will like too: Stumbling Thru by A. Digger Stolz. Was recommended by a fellow hiker and is on Amazon. So far is VERY funny and captures trail life really well.

[Mrs Baggins]

I just looked up Stumbling Thru....is it fiction?

Just started reading Hiking Thru and am enjoying it. I've read all of the books others have listed here and then some.

[Dirty Bird 99]

Yes, Stumbling Thru is fictional...but amazingly true to detail. Enjoy.

[hikingirl]

Just finished the book and loved it!! It tells of details of the trail as well as recovering heartache in the real world.

[SawnieRobertson]

HIKING THROUGH is exceptionally well written. I have only read it twice but do expect to read it again,