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"Explorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met scuba diving in Vietnam and fell in love. She was a real estate agent from Oregon, and he a financial analyst for Toyota in his native Finland. After hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the border of Mexico to Canada they decided their next adventure would be a two-year cycling trip covering 18,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, despite never having cycled other than around the block....
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English
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"Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada- a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation. On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student. Overprotected by her parents who discouraged her from telling of the attack, Aspen was confused and ashamed. Dealing with a problem that has sadly become all too common on college...
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National Geographic Video
Pub. Date
2010
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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This videodisc takes you along the Pacific Crest Trail, from Mexico to Canada, through seven national parks and 24 national forests. You'll travel through California, Oregon and Washington, seeing what two to three hundred hikers who attempt the PCT each year see on their journey
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English
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By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains. In her new memoir, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, Heather, whose trail name...
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Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xi, 195 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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English
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"Through the written word, graphic design, and illustration, The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium conveys the beauty of a 2,650-mile wilderness hike from Mexico to Canada. The author chronicles the PCT through infographics about the trail and the thru-hikers' experience, and includes arresting illustrations of the landscape and minutae of the trail"--
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Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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"In 1959, Washington ranchers Don and June Mulford decided to try what everybody said couldn't be done -- ride the entire length of the 2,400 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in one year. It would prove to be the trip of a lifetime. Armed with movie and still cameras, they documented life on the trail, capturing many surprises along the way. A Ride to Remember showcases the Mulford's stunning photography and retells a remarkable adventure...
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Resource Publications
Pub. Date
2012
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165 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
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English
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"In summer of 2008, Aaron J. Nicholson set out to complete the unthinkable: a 460-mile solo backpacking trip across the State of Oregon without resupplying food or gear. Carrying an immensely heavy pack containing an unappetizing variety of calorie-rich foods, he started his quest at the California border and trekked north on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, determined to reach the Columbia River. But could it be done? Did he possess the resolve...
14) Wild
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.
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AO Creative
Pub. Date
©2012
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253 pages : maps, illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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Cascade Summer is the story of Bob Welch's 2011 attempt, along with his brother-in-law, to hike the length of Oregon's mountainous spine. To reconnect with his past and to better understand 19th century Cascade Range advocate John Waldo, the state's answer to California naturalist John Muir. Despite great expectations, near trail's end Welch finds himself facing an unlikely challenge. Laughs. Blisters. And new friends from literally around the...
Publisher
Tell It on the Mountain
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail involves walking 2,663 miles from Mexico to Canada, through California (1,699 miles), Oregon (457 miles), and Washington (500 miles). The journey last five months, from April to October. Follow a half dozen of the 300 hikers who attempt this journey every year.--Container.
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Endless Moon Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"Six million steps" is a documentary film that chronicles the lives of hikers during their adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, which covers 2,650 miles, the length of the U.S. Pacific coast. From Mexico to Canada, the Pacific Crest Trail winds through three states, seven national parks, 25 national forests, and elevations ranging from sea level to nearly 14,000 feet. Each year, 300-400 "thru-hikers" attempt to hike border to border, and, in doing...
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Publisher
Erin Miller Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
iv, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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English
Description
Teetering awkwardly on the brink of insanity, unable to handle life in snowy, cold, ultra-conservative North Idaho, Carl and Erin sold their house and set out in search of a new place to call home. Suddenly finding themselves completely free of responsibilities, jobless, and with a little spare cash in the bank, it didn't take long before their serious search for a new life took some unexpected twists and turns."What do you think we should do when...
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