Journeys North, Barney Scout Mann
Journeys North, Barney Scout Mann
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Journeys North
The Pacific Crest Trail

Author: Barney Scout Mann

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2020

Synopsis

In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board member Barney Scout Mann spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble story unfolds as these half-dozen hikers—including Barney and his wife, Sandy—trod north, slowly forming relationships and revealing their deepest secrets and aspirations. They face a once-in-a-generation drought and early severe winter storms that test their will in this bare-knuckled adventure. In fact, only a third of all the hikers who set out on the trail that year would finish.As the group approaches Canada, a storm rages. How will these very different hikers, ranging in age, gender, and background, respond to the hardship and suffering ahead of them? Can they all make the final sixty-mile push through freezing temperatures, sleet, and snow, or will some reach their breaking point?Journeys North is a story of grit, compassion, and the relationships people forge when they strive toward a common goal.

About Barney Scout Mann

Barney Scout Mann has hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails. He has been board chair of the Pacific Crest Trail Association and is president of the Partnership for the National Trails System. Mann has been recognized with a Lowell Thomas Journalism Award and is the coauthor of The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail and author of The Continental Divide Trail: Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail. He and his wife, Sandy, live in San Diego and have hosted more than 7,000 PCT hikers. Visit him online at BarneyScoutMann.com.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on August 06, 2020

Short version: If you have an interest in long, personal journeys in the outdoors you need to read this. Long version: I've thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail three total times and done long section hikes two more times. I'm familiar with the trail in a way that really makes it hard for me to consume......more

Goodreads review by Richard on January 08, 2022

I started reading deeply on the Pacific Crest Trail several months ago when it seemed likely I’d be losing my lease on my apartment in San Francisco and would have to leave the city I’ve lived in most of my adult life. I realized hiking the PCT would be a good ‘reset’ button. Kinda like one of those......more

Goodreads review by Nicky on January 24, 2021

Wow, this is easily the best book about thru hiking I’ve ever read. It features both the backstory and trail experiences of a handful of hikers and intertwines these in a masterful way. The book captures not just the people and their motovation to thru hike, but also the connections between hikers w......more

Goodreads review by Adam on December 15, 2020

Scout and Frodo will likely go down as the greatest Trail Angels of all time. In addition to be being an amazing and selfless person, Scout is a masterful storyteller and fantastic writer. This book delves deep into the struggles, joys and life changing moments many thru-hikers experience and makes......more

Goodreads review by Christine on April 16, 2021

I was so impressed with Scout's telling of the stories happening all around him on the PCT. Journeys North is such a perfect illustration that we all hike for our own reasons-- but our reasons are also all the same in some way. We hike to be reborn. We don't want to leave the trail the same as we ar......more

Quotes

“Mann easily captures the nature of the thru-hiker community…Journeys North put me back on the trail and kept me up reading all night.” Karen Berger, Triple Crown hiker and author of Great Hiking Trails of the World

“A masterclass in story telling…This book hits at the core of what makes a thru-hike such a profoundly beautiful experience―the people you meet along the way.” Zach Davis, editor in chief of The Trek

“Barney Scout Mann has painted an exciting and profoundly moving portrait of a long trail and the quirky humans moved to walk it. A fantastic book!” Aspen Matis, author of Girl in the Woods

“Here’s the next best thing to being on the Pacific Crest Trail yourself!” Richard Louv, internationally bestselling author

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