The Fastest Hike: Quest For The Pacific Crest Trail Record

by Raymond Greenlaw

This true adventure story tells of an ordinary man from Savannah, Georgia, who dreamed up an extraordinary challenge and attempted to set a speed record for hiking the 2,659-mile Pacific Crest Trail-through the high and dangerous mountains of California, Oregon, and Washington. Re-live this flatlander's epic battles with dehydration, food-shortages, snowy high-altitude passes, river fords, and wildlife. Get to know the amazing people who befriended him along the way, as he rediscovers the United States. His honest account of survival, fear, and loneliness, as he pushes north from Mexico in an all-out effort to reach Canada in record time, will intrigue you. Over the course of his lifetime, Ray "Wall" Greenlaw has developed and refined his thought-processes for coping with challenging situations. All people can benefit from the psychological survival strategies presented here that allow one to go beyond normal human limits, and deal with impossible and life-threatening conditions. These powerful techniques must be applied with extreme caution and judgement, as they may take you too far...

352 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2004