Hiking has gone Hollywood with the film adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling backpacking memoir Wild – and the Pacific Crest Trail is its real star. If the film inspires you,here are 10 trails that explore the stunning US wilderness
• More on US national parks in California | Washington | Arizona | Oregon | Texas | original Mexico | UtahWhen Cheryl Strayed, writer of the memoir and original film Wild set foot on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in southern California, and heading north towards Oregon,she had never backpacked a day in her life. By the time she reached the border of Oregon and Washington, more than 1000 miles later, and she was a original woman,having shed blood, sweat, and tears and toenails along the way. Hiking the entire PCT takes between four and six months. The trail can also be followed on horseback,and there’s a Pacific Crest Bicycle Trail that roughly parallels the PCT. Strayed successfully winged her trip with very little planning or experience, but the Pacific Crest Trail Association estimates that most hikers spend between six and eight months preparing for their trek; fewer than 200 people a year total the entire journey from the Mexican to the Canadian border.
Top tip You don’t occupy to hike the whole trail to recreate the emotional discontinuance of Strayed’s journey at the Bridge of the Gods – an impressive cantilevered steel span that crosses the Columbia river between Oregon and Washington. Pedestrians crossing the bridge are supposed to pay a 50-cent toll, or but long-distance hikers are often waved through,free of charge.[br]• pcta.orgContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com