Trailcast 26 - Susan Alcorn - Not over the hill
 | trailcast-26-Apr-5-2006.mp3 (54:38 - 14 MB) |
Susan Alcorn began hiking at the age of 48 with a hike up Mt. Whitney. Several years later, on a trip over Piute Pass she started thinking about how she wasn’t seeing many older women on the trails and soon started looking into it. She collected over three dozen interview with women from across the country.
"My goal was to write a book that would acknowledge the accomplishments of the women backpackers I had talked to, and to inspire and encourage others to venture into the wilderness."
Her second book, "Camino Chronicle: Walking to Santiago" is about a 400 mile hike she made with her husband, Ralph along the ancient pilgrimage trail across Northern Spain, the Camino de Santiago. The book features historical and cultural information about this trail along with a modern perspective of hiking it.
Her website, www.backpack45.com has information about these trails as well as her book.
April 8th, 2006 at 10:03 am
Sherpa services are what you were refering to in this podcast as slackpacking in Europe.
Basically people pay a company to take their bags from one place to another leaving them free to a days walking.
April 9th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Great article. I am just sad I dont know how to reply properly, though, since I want to show my appreciation like many other.