Most hikers know the refreshing feeling a walk in the woods has on your mind and body. Most hikers can also relate to having someone in their life that has no interest in backpacking such as a spouse, friend, or relative. About this time of year, hikers begin to stir (myself included), longing for the hiking season to return, which is why I would like to share my latest book with you, “A Hike For Mike” A John Muir Trail travelogue. I think you will find some good armchair adventure to invigorate you and that friend, spouse, or relative for another season of hiking.
A Hike For Mike: An Uplifting Adventure Across the Sierra Nevada For Deprssion Awareness ($14.95, ISBN 0967948215), released September 2005, is an award-winning finalist in the USA Book News “Best Books 2005” awards.
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“…If you are a hiker looking for an armchair read, or someone who has done or is thinking about doing this trail, you will enjoy this book….” -backpacker 45
“…a wonderful book about a couple’s experiences on the John Muir Trail…written so that even a non-hiker can enjoy the book…[it] will inspire readers to take up hiking as a hobby…” -Readers Views
“Hilarious…Very touching…” –The Herald
Jeff Alt, takes us along on his inspiring, humorous, and entertaining adventure across some of the most beautiful and rugged trails in America—through Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks—ending atop the 14,494’ Mt. Whitney, the highest mountain in the Contiguous U.S on the John Muir Trail.
Jeff is so convinced that walking is a healing remedy that he put his marriage on the line. Jeff convinced his wife (Beth), a woman raised with the belief that vacations include hot showers, beaches, and warm beds, to chuck her domesticated amenities and “Take a Hike” to help her overcome a family tragedy. Jeff had to spend quite a bit of time convincing Beth that the hike would be romantic, skillfully leaving out some minor details about the journey. They walked the John Muir Trail across some of the most rugged, mountainous terrain in the U.S. carrying all their supplies on their backs and sleeping on the ground for weeks on end. Several times along the way, Beth realized that she had been taken for “a ride” or rather “a hike.” But, Beth came to realize that this was just the remedy she needed. Not only are they still happily married, Beth even says she’d do it again! Jeff and Beth’s trail adventures, detailed in A Hike For Mike, will entertain and inspire anyone through Jeff’s witty humor and inspirational stories.
A Hike For Mike ($14.95, ISBN 0967948215), released September 2005, is an award-winning finalist in the USA Book News “Best Books 2005” awards.
Jeff Alt, author of the award-winning A Walk For Sunshine and A Hike For Mike, has been an expert hiking commentator on ESPN’s Inside America’s National Parks. His adventures have been widely featured in media across the country including dozens of television and radio programs (CNNRadio, USA Radio Network). Jeff is planning a trek across Ireland this summer with his wife and young daughter.
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“…their journey is a reprieve from the frantic pace of everyday life…Alt’s conversational style makes one feel like a participant rather than an observer…” -Library Journal
“…profoundly philosophical as it is descriptive of the wonders of nature…A Hike For Mike is an immersive experience in the beauty of the wilderness.” –Midwest Book Review
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