Because I like you!

The author's name is different and I just wanted to confirm that the book is "Rights" by JT Hatley before pulling the trigger.

Nice offer but meh… it's $5. Consider it me buying you a cup of coffee.

Yep, that's me. I usually have handles for forums, etc.
Thanks. Hope you enjoy!

So, do you actually manage to write while on the trail? Longhand, or electronic? I get ideas while I'm hiking but then I don't end up writing them down until I get home because my handwriting is so atrocious.

It's funny- I'll get great ideas on the trail, but if I wait to write them down I'll inevitably forget. If it's on the trail, I'll stop, scribble a few notes to remind me so when I've set up camp I can write down the rest.
My handwriting is pathetic, but even at its worse I can still pick out the parts that will jog my memory.

If possible, I like to spend a full day at a location, where I find a nice lonely spot to write.
Like on a cliff.

Since you started another thread regarding your gear list, this is probably a good time to direct you to the two most important gear threads ever on BPL.

Which Pencil for the JMT?

A Pencil for the JMT — Solution Found!

Don't go swiping your card on pencils from Amazon quite yet. A "Which pen for the Wonderland Trail" thread is forthcoming.

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I actually prefer a pen when I'm out there- Having to stop and sharpen is irritating over long periods of time. I snatch up cheap calligraphy fountain pens so my handwriting can be SOMEWHAT legible.
With the amount of writing I do, short pencils would rub my hand raw between the index finger and thumb ("first web space"), especially so if the eraser head was down to metal.
Write something wrong? Scribble it out and keep going. Write first, edit later.

Update: Tomorrow is the freebie day!

“I actually prefer a pen when I’m out there- Having to stop and sharpen is irritating over long periods of time.”

Well, there’s help for people like you:

I have a copy of the Davis Rees book … anyone interested could post a WTB in Gear swap and we'll discuss terms;-)

David Rees with his sharpening field kit.

Details can be seen Here.

Oh wow David Rees isn't joking! I assumed his book was satire.

Of course he is legit…. Note the awards….

Go to Vimeo.com and search for "sharpen pencil".

Get 'em while they're hot!
Book is up for free.
Let me know what you think.
Enjoy!
amazon.com/dp/B00I9FSQ68

Wish I would have thought of this. Last month I did a free period for my book too.

Humanity has survived environmental and atmospheric calamity and begun to move out into the stars. Sport still plays a vital role in our day-to-day affairs. The Big Red Buckle recounts an episode of a single-stage endurance race held between two shield volcanoes on a Mars that is slowly being terraformed. Participants must run and soar over 1,500 kilometers while the solar system watches.

For Marco Aguilar, just being at the starting line represents the culmination of two years of careful preparation and training. He aims to win the Grand Martian Traverse, and take home The Big Red Buckle for himself and for native Martians.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HC5JWH8/

Unfortunately the free time is over, but I too am looking for new readers. So here's the deal. Post a response here and tell me what e-reader format you prefer and I'll mail you a copy. No charge. Read it on your next backcountry excursion and let me know what you think.