Ron Strickland

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ron Strickland (born 1943) is an American conservationist, long distance trail developer, and author. He is the founder of the 1,200-mile (1,900 km) Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (PNT) and of the proposed, transcontinental Sea to Sea Route (C2C). He is the author of eight books including his 2011 memoir Pathfinder: Blazing a new Wilderness Trail in Modern America.Born Ronald Gibson Strickland in Providence, Rhode Island, Strickland attended Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated with three degrees from Georgetown University. Strickland wrote his dissertation about the politics of the National Wilderness Preservation System. He developed an early passion for backpacking that led, in 1970, to his desire to develop an east-west hiking trail from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean. He incorporated the Pacific Northwest Trail Association in 1977, and was its executive director for twenty years.