What's it like to spend six months walking the length of the United States, from Mexico to Canada, following a wilderness trail? Liz and Simon Willis tackled the Pacific Crest Trail in 2002 at a time many people now consider to be a 'classic era' on the PCT. They recorded conversations with hikers, trail angels and townsfolk and, eventually, assembled them into this audio time capsule of a life-changing endurance walk. Things are brought up to date in fresh interviews with people who know the trail well, including a couple who hiked the PCT exactly twenty years later.
We heard an edited version of how Hiker Heaven came into existence in Episode 3. Here’s the full story, as told to assembled hikers, by Donna and Jeff Saufley on Sunday 19th May 2002.
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Published 03/04/23
Also known as Fleur and Robin they completed their thru-hike twenty years after us. We hear the social side of PCT hiking, how different groups form and change on the route, and we compare and contrast our experiences, twenty years apart, practical and personal. Oh and the alarming story...
Published 03/03/23