Great Hiking Trails of the World by Karen Berger

Read the full post at - Great Hiking Trails of the World by Karen Berger Great Hiking Trails of the World by Karen Berger is a coffee table reference book put out by Rizzoli. I’ve collected nine of these Rizzoli books now, and they’re all lovely — the kind of thing you keep on the coffee table not as decoration but because you actually flip through them. This one is my favorite of the bunch. Why American Hikers Are Spoiled (In the Best Way) Part of what makes this book special is that it gets out of America — which says something, because America is almost absurdly blessed when it comes to trails. I don’t think most Americans have any real idea how good we have it. Everyone knows the Appalachian Trail. But what about the Pacific Crest Trail? The Continental Divide Trail? The New England Trail, the Vermont Long Trail, the Pinhoti Trail, the Benton MacKaye Trail? I could keep going. The sheer volume of long-distance hiking infrastructure in this country is staggering — and because we…