“One of the sport’s so much entire athletes.” —Eric Larsen, polar explorer, educator, and lecturer

“Humble and understated… [Justin] is going into difficult occasions with the psychological sturdiness and aplomb that it takes to show a depressing state of affairs into anything stress-free. [He is in] the higher echelon of long-distance hikers.” —Outside magazine

A number of Trauma’s top tales from thru-hiking greater than 40,000 miles of trails

Having hiked greater than 40,000 miles of trails around the globe, Justin “Trauma” Lichter recounts the survival instincts, actual patience, and psychological resiliency had to be a thru-hiker. regardless of numerous shut calls, Trauma maintains to push the boundaries of lengthy distance climbing, safeguard and desolate tract survival. brief tales From lengthy Trails is now and then scary, stomach-turning, funny, and heartwarming, together with stories about:
•A good selection of characters, from over-friendly inn clerks to escaped convicts
•Run-ins with lions, elephants, grizzlies, and different beasts, immense and small
•All varieties of climate, from one of many wettest seasons at the Appalachian path to the extraordinary warmth of Africa
•Questionable judgements whilst meals or water is scarce, like eating raw meat and treating water from sludge-like pools
•Losing his approach within the poppy fields of Copper Canyon, Mexico, amidst heavy narcotics traffic
•His history-making wintry weather hike of the Pacific Crest path, defined by way of the hot York occasions as “the so much bold and foolhardy day trip because Lewis and Clark”
Follow Trauma and his fearless climbing companions, together with his puppy, Yoni, on his hikes via the US, at the Appalachian path, Pacific Crest path, japanese Continental path, Continental Divide path, nice Divide path, overseas Appalachian path, Florida path, Pacific Northwest path, Hayduke path, and lengthy path, in addition to his hikes in a foreign country, within the Alps, Africa, New Zealand, Iceland, the Himalayas, and past.