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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2774081, member: 44"] I may read it. I loved the Bill Bryson book A Walk in the Woods. Of course Bryson is hysterical. (Just the sidebar on talking about equipment is familiar and hysterical.) The PCT goes, literally from dessert to rain forest. It is generally considered less physically taxing (the AT is very steep in parts) even though it something like 500 miles longer. They both have their charms and challenges. The AT definitely has it's moments. Running the ridge from Washington to Madison is a really beautiful walk in an area known for the "worst weather in the US." The hundred mile wilderness in Maine has a history of breaking hikers. Walking the Knife's Edge on Katahdin can be very intimidating in any kind of wind. Agree that both are very mentally taxing for a lot reasons. [/QUOTE]