Comments on: Book review: The Great Divide https://pmags.com/book-review-the-great-divide Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:31:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/book-review-the-great-divide#comment-600698 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:54:31 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=12465#comment-600698 In reply to YT.

Thanks. I was curious what happened to him after the hike. I found a children’s book and not much else.

]]> By: Beth Miller https://pmags.com/book-review-the-great-divide#comment-600695 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:39:10 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=12465#comment-600695 Hey Mags. Thanks for the review. It brings to mind my first glimpse of long distance hiking. At a bakery near where I worked I made the acquaintance of a man who didn’t own a car, traveled by bicycle and was working nights to save money for a trip. That trip was the Continental Divide. This was in 1980 or ’81. My first contact with a gram wienie as well. He remarked that the jar of mustard I was buying (7 oz) was ‘too heavy’. I was a jeweler at that time and when he walked in after his journey he was unrecognizable due to 40 pound weight loss. I remember engraving the bottom of his sierra mug for him. Since beginning to hike, I haven’t been able to find him to talk about his journey. That would be a great conversation.

]]> By: YT https://pmags.com/book-review-the-great-divide#comment-600663 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:55:36 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=12465#comment-600663 A very good book indeed. Stephen Pern also made two rather unique films of his long walks in Japan and the UK. Well worth viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUYhT-ZTqE

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