 Hey guys! In today's video, we're gonna talk about five books that you must read if you love hiking. This is a selection of books that I either read myself or was recommended by other people. Two disclaimers before we go ahead and get started here. The first one, I'm gonna try to keep it high level and not give away a lot of information, especially for those of you who do have the intention to either read the book or watch the movie and they still want that factor of excitement. The second disclaimer, I'm gonna be linking here in the description box where you can purchase these books from Amazon. And if you do, we're gonna get a little bit of commission that will eventually help us realize our dream of exploring the world one trail at a time. So let's go ahead and get started. The first book in my selection here is Touching the Void. This book was written by Joe Simpson in which he talks about his story with his climbing partner, Simon Yates. They talk about their successful but nearly fatal climb of the west side of the Siola Grande in the Peruvian Andes back in 1985. The Siola Grande was never climbed before at that time and it was standing at an elevation of 20,000 feet. They talk about their successful ascent but the catastrophe happens during the descent where one of the climbers is left with a great decision to make between saving his own life or his partner's life. This opens the conversation to a great debate and will make you ask the question what would I do if I was in their place. This is a successful book that has sold over a million copies around the world and was also translated to more than 20 languages. They also made the movie based on this story more of a documentary style. I highly recommend reading the book and highly recommend watching the movie. The second book in my collection here is Wild. It's a 2012 memoir written by the American author Cheryl Strait in which she talks about her story taken on the adventure of hiking 1,100 miles of the famous Pacific Crest Trail starting from the Mojave Desert going through California, Oregon and all the way to the bridges of the gods in Washington. The character went through a lot of hardship in her life and decided to take on this adventure as a way of self-discovery with no previous experience hiking or backpacking. And for those of you who are not familiar with the Pacific Crest Trail it's a very famous true hike here in the United States that starts from the Mexican border all the way to the Canadian border. The book has a great narrative and I highly recommend reading it. There was also a film adaptation that was released back in 2014. Personally I'm not a big fan of the film but it's still something that you can check out. The third book in my selection here is a book that I've not read personally but it was highly recommended and it's called The Barefoot Sisters and this book highlights the story of two sisters Lucy and Susan 21 years old and 25 years old who decided to take on the adventure of hiking the full Appalachian Trail Barefoot. They started their adventure from Mount Kitadan and took them eight months to find their way to Georgia. The fourth book in my selection here is The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett and this is a book that I didn't read yet but I'm planning on it. It talks about the story of an Englishman from Sussex, England who decided to come here to the United States to hike the full Pacific Crest Trail more than 2,000 miles and in this book he talks about his adventure and how he faces his fear of bears, rustle snakes and sleeping alone in the wilderness of a country he's not familiar with. And this is also supposed to be an entertaining story in which he talks about self-discovery and all it took him to finish this great adventure. And the fifth book and the last one in my list here is becoming one of my favorite and it's called Touch the top of the word a blind man journey to climb farther than the eye can see. The story of the book is about Eric who became the first blind man to climb Mount McKinley also known as Mount Denali the highest mountain in the United States located in Alaska with an elevation of 20,000 feet. He also became the first man to summit the famous El Capitan Mountain in Yosemite Valley as well as Akuncagua Mountain in Argentina with an elevation of 22,000 feet and one of the seven summits. This is by far one of my favorite climbing books. The story of Eric is really inspiring. It personally inspired me to take some rock climbing classes here in Arizona and if you are curious I do have a video that I'm going to attach there. The story is also very relatable not because I'm blind but because it takes place in Arizona a lot of hiking and climbing in the valley and I really enjoyed it. I also read that there is a film adaptation of the book that's worth checking out. So this is pretty much it for today's selection. Five books that you must read if you love hiking. If you do have any other suggestions let me know in the comments. If you read any of these books or watched the movies let me know. I would like to see what you guys think about them. You're trekking paths Habiba and Alex and we'll see you guys on another adventure.