Is anybody following Ed Wardle's trek across the Canadian Yukon? http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/08/alone-in-wild-yukon-survival-saga.html

Hm, I don't like the "harrowing survival odyssey" stuff. I spent three months walking south-north through the Yukon and whilst some of the hiking was tough I enjoyed it.

I'm with you,leave out the skin the porcupine to eat it stuff there still is some gorgeous country in there.

He was pulled out a few days ago (~Aug 22)...I think he was malnourished/sick or something.

It's too bad he had to end it early but good for him for getting out there.

Chris, your trip must have been great. By the way, I've got the Third Edition of The Backpacker's Handbook and I think it is the best how-to book I've seen on the subject. I hope you do a Fourth Edition!

Bruce, glad to hear you like my book. There should be a fourth edition sometime though not in the next year or so.

The Yukon hike was wonderful. There are virtually no trails so route finding was interesting and some of the terrain is very challenging. Often the route was determined by the nature of the terrain. The sense of wilderness is tremendous of course. And there are very few other hikers, none in some areas. At one point I went ten days without seeing another person.