What are some of your favorite TrailJournal authors?
RockIT
Journals - Pacific Crest Trail
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Bumpo is an AT section hiker. His yearly journal is the most well written of the journals overall. He get the literary legion of merit.
For humor mixed with some real drama, you can’t go wrong with Buddah, who just finished up the CDT and now a triple crown player. She has the only journal that made me laugh out loud and when her dog died at home, I wept.
Stumpknocker, T-Rex and Moosie are/were diligent posters and give you a real flavor of the routine and habits on the trail. Subtitle to Stumpknocker’s journal is “How I Hiked the AT on coffee and 2 fried pies a day.”
Most will mention Jan Liteshoe. Her journal seems to have staying power and shows up often on most lists.Good journals like hers show that good journals are hard work.
This year, Traction provided some great entertainment. A little mentioned journal from Dandylion made good reading. Dandylion is a young Englishman who I swear is Mark Twain brought to life. Dandy is grammar challenged but if you think of Huckleberry Finn, you will really enjoy his writing. He is a gifted observer with a great sense of humor. Reading his journal in places made me think that he could make a living writing if given some direction. Read his first few entries on studying history…
What makes a good journal? A good journal is one where the reader is taken on the trail and allowed not only to see what has happened that day but to experience how the writer feels about what has happened. Primarily, the journalist is the observer for the reader. How did the clouds look? What are the signs of weather? Beyond the day to day reporting,however, a good journalist is aware that the journal is memoir, an important piece of history in personal development. Readers want to know how the trail bound person feels about what is going on. Some journalist should ask themselves if this is something their grand children would read and learn from.
Beyond citing favorite journalist, what do you think makes a good journal?
Clark Fork
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#3
Bumpo is an AT section hiker. His yearly journal is the most well written of the journals overall. He get the literary legion of merit.
For humor mixed with some real drama, you can’t go wrong with Buddah, who just finished up the CDT and now a triple crown player. She has the only journal that made me laugh out loud and when her dog died at home, I wept.
Stumpknocker, T-Rex and Moosie are/were diligent posters and give you a real flavor of the routine and habits on the trail. Subtitle to Stumpknocker’s journal is “How I Hiked the AT on coffee and 2 fried pies a day.”
Most will mention Jan Liteshoe. Her journal seems to have staying power and shows up often on most lists.Good journals like hers show that good journals are hard work.
This year, Traction provided some great entertainment. A little mentioned journal from Dandylion made good reading. Dandylion is a young Englishman who I swear is Mark Twain brought to life. Dandy is grammar challenged but if you think of Huckleberry Finn, you will really enjoy his writing. He is a gifted observer with a great sense of humor. Reading his journal in places made me think that he could make a living writing if given some direction. Read his first few entries on studying history…
What makes a good journal? A good journal is one where the reader is taken on the trail and allowed not only to see what has happened that day but to experience how the writer feels about what has happened. Primarily, the journalist is the observer for the reader. How did the clouds look? What are the signs of weather? Beyond the day to day reporting,however, a good journalist is aware that the journal is memoir, an important piece of history in personal development. Readers want to know how the trail bound person feels about what is going on. Some journalist should ask themselves if this is something their grand children would read and learn from.
Beyond citing favorite journalist, what do you think makes a good journal?
Clark Fork