Pilgrimage To The Edge

About the Book

Pilgrimage to the Edge details a four year odyssey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with unique insights gained from thirty-three years of public service. It showcases the hard-won fight to preserve America’s public lands and the diversity of people who continue to use and work them. It vividly displays the contemporary challenges of caring for our nation’s national forests from a field perspective while weaving over a century of history and culture into a 2,650 mile trek. Finally it gives clear advice on how to hike this world-class national scenic trail in a series of easy stages instead of in one continuous trek.

About the Author

Jonathan Stewart tackled the Pacific Crest Trail after working over three decades as a backcountry guard, smokejumper, fire management officer, volunteer coordinator, national fire plan coordinator and public affairs officer for the U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest. He also served six years as the executive director of the Northwest Service Academy, an AmeriCorps program focused on hands-on conservation. He earned a degree history and journalism from the University of Oregon, worked as a journalist for the Tuscola Journal and joined the Green Revolution as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal.