Growing up in the wilds of Kansas,
Rees Hughes found the lure of the mountains so irresistible that he traded the flatlands for Seattle, the Cascades, and finally Northern California’s Klamath Knot. Although he has hiked all over the world, the Pacific Crest Trail has been his true love for more than 40 years. The author of a popular hiking guide,
Hiking Humboldt, Rees also serves on the board of the Bigfoot Trail Alliance and coordinates a local Volunteer Trail Stewards program.
COREY LEWIS is Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Humboldt State University, where he also supervises the Wilderness Orientation Program. The author of the award-winning Reading the Trail (University of Nevada Press, 2005), Dr. Lewis lives in Arcata and has hiked the California section of the PCT extensively.
AMY UYEKI is a visual artist whose work has been published in national magazines and books and has appeared in Print's Best Logos and Designs, Print Magazine, East/West Magazine, and Simple Screenprinting. She has won numerous awards including an International Achievement Award from the IFAI for banner design for the Redwood National and State Parks, a Visual Arts Fellowship from the California Arts Council for printmaking, and is a recipient of numerous grants, including the NEA, California Council for the Humanities and the New Langton Arts Initiative. She has worked extensively with wood block prints and lino cut prints. Learn more about her work on her website.
