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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 judgment, as they may take you too far ... .

© Raymond Greenlaw, 2004. All rights reserved.

Several hundred people have read the book and have enjoyed it. Send Ray an email to order a copy. Read an early draft of Chapter 3.

• Glen ``Fiddlehead'' Fleagle ``Wall, your book is awesome! I tell you what: it was so good, it makes me want to come out next year and try to break your record!!! It makes me want to do some more extreme adventures. I was totally into it all the way to Canada. What a job you did, not only with the writing, but the hike. How the hell can you remember all of that? I've read a lot of books about hiking, and I know your and my style of hiking doesn't necessarily appeal to many hikers, but it sure does to some, including me. And your style of writing is great. Very professional.''
• John Veldhuis
  ``I have a new name for you: `Man of Steel'; you have surpassed the Ironman category.''
• Robert ``Dr. Bob'' Ellinwood
  ``It's a terrific read! I couldn't put it down. Very intense and powerful. A clear distinction has to be made of a record set through an unsupported hike as opposed to a supported one. I believe no one will ever break your incredible time or effort covering the PCT under your own steam, carrying a pack. Wow. My sincere congratulations. An incredible feat!''
• Ben Leake
  ``Deepest respect to you!''
• David ``Sightseer'' Warren
  ``I am super impressed, and I am even more impressed with the impact that you had on the students of the group that I was with this summer in Washington. I have to tell you too that I experienced a little jaw dropping.''
• Henry Shires
  ``Congratulations on breaking the PCT speed record!''
• David ``The Runner'' Horton
  ``Congrats on your PCT record. If I make it, mine will be the record for an assisted PCT trip. Yours will still be the unassisted record for the PCT. I admire and respect what you did immensely. I can't wait to see some of the places that you talked about in your book.''
• James ``Han Solo'' Bennett
  ``Congratulations on your 83 days and 5 hours PCT record!''
• David Meehan
  ``Hi Wall, congrats! Man that is awesome. 83 days! We saw your notes that you left along the way---`Hunger Switch Off'. We were thinking about you often.''
• Bob Holtel
  ``Congratulations on a job well done!''
• Rick and Barb Miller
  ``You really raised the bar.''

For You
You made it beautiful.
You made it worthwhile.
You made it fulfilling.
You made it special.
You enhanced my dream.
You are part of me.

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