World famous travel expert Rick Steves hosts a weekly radio program, Travel with Rick Steves, which airs across the country.
Rick Steves lively interview with me about the Appalachian Trail and Avalanche and Gorilla Jim will be broadcast on August 11, 2012. For a complete list of North American stations and air times, please see this website: http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/whereitairs.htm
We appreciate Avalanche and Gorilla Jim’s great reviews from large publications, but we love the most recent review from a small newspaper in Tennessee which stated: “A good book written by Albert Dragon about his Appalachian Trail adventures with a friend he met on the trail that would turn out to be his hiking buddy as well as lifetime friend. . . . He is a very good writer and makes his adventure extremely interesting. . . . All I can say is if you like an adventure this is well worth the read.” Mary Ann Ashworth, Local Yocal (yes, that’s the newspaper’s name), Townsend, TN
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Had a great time being interviewed by Bob Cudmore on his radio show on WVTL, AMSTERDAM, NY. We talked about backpacking and Avalanche and Gorilla Jim. We’ll try to get an MP3 of the interview up on our Media page. I haven’t been counting, but it feels like about a dozen radio personalities have had me on their shows to talk about Avalanche and Gorilla Jim.
Want to have a laugh or two? Look at this video of Al Dragon on the Morning Blend TV show: http://albertdragon.com/?page_id=219
Last week Albert Dragon was interviewed on five radio shows about the backpacking book Avalanche and Gorilla Jim, Appalachian Trail Adventures and Other Tales. The talk varied from the humorous, such as the origins of the trail names Avalanche and Gorilla Jim, to Dragon’s rescue in a mountain snow storm in Tennessee.
A number of publications are running articles about this book. Many of them are newspapers along the Appalachian Trail. We’ll post them at a future time.
Today on his radio program, Dr. Craig Wax interviews Al Dragon about the Health Benefits and Hazards of Hiking. Dragon will be on the Milwaukee television show Morning Blend, Monday, June 25th.
I had a great time in Duncannon, PA last weekend giving a talk on What’s Funny About Hiking. We’ll have clips of it on this website soon.
I’m inviting all of you to come to the Duncannon, PA Appalachian Trail Community event June 2, 2012. There will be music, entertainment and food. At 1:30 pm I’m going to talk about funny things that happen while hiking on the Appalachian Trail. I’ll try to get you to laugh your socks off.
This is going to be a fantastic Appalachian Trail event filled with fun and a chance to get together with other hikers. For more info visit:http://www.duncannonappalachiantrail…/Schedule.html
A review of Avalanche and Gorilla Jim, Appalachian Trail Adventures and Other Tales states:
“The bulk of this book deals with backpacking the Appalachian Trail, and it is a worthy successor to Bill Bryson’s classic book on that subject, A Walk in the Woods . . . . I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in backpacking the Appalachian Trail.” The VVA Veteran, Vietnam Veterans of America, David Wilson
To read this review and Avalanche and Gorilla Jim’s connection to the Vietnam War, click on http://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/avalanche-and-gorilla-jim-by-albert-dragon/
Carole Marks interviewed author Al Dragon on her national syndicated radio show A Touch of Grey. They discussed Dragon’s new book Avalanche and Gorilla Jim, Appalachian Trail Adventures and Other Tales and its relationship to people being more active. Avalanche and Gorilla Jim is about a former army combat soldier and a semiretired lawyer who hike 1600 miles of the Appalachian Trail, with its adventures, comedy and surprises. Along with being entertaining, Carole Marks brought out that the book inspires people to do more than they ever thought they could.
Ralph Collier wrote a fantastic review in the Mainline Times about Avalanche and Gorilla Jim, Appalachian Trail Adventures and Other Tales. The Mainline Times is the premier newspaper in the affluent mainline suburbs west of Philadelphia. He nails the 1600 mile hike on the Appalachian Trail with all its laugh out loud moments, adventures and shocking surprises. He even included being locked in an outhouse when the doorknob fell apart, and my goofy encounter with a rattlesnake. Yes, there are also dangers out there, including the murders of hikers, some of which I reveal in Avalanche and Gorilla Jim. You can read Collier’s great book review at http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/05/17/main_line_times/life/doc4fb514da423d0599549709.txt
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