Cascade Summer: My Adventure on Oregons Pacific Crest Trail

"Cascade Summer" is the story of (Eugene) Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch' 2011 attempt, along with his brother-in-law, to hike the length of Oregon's mountainous spine on the 452-mile Pacific Crest Trail. And to better understand 19th-century Cascade Range advocate John Waldo, the state's answer to California naturalist John Muir. Laughs. Blisters. And new friends from literally around the world - the trip had it all. But Welch never foresaw the journey's bittersweet ending.