“Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail was the greatest adventure of my life,” says Ken Becker, the author of the memoir, The Hippie and The Husky. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is arguably “The Great Hike of America,” says Becker. It starts at the Mexican border, travels along the length of California, Oregon and Washington and ends in Canada. When Becker made his decision to hike the PCT, he called the editor of The Signpost magazine, a publication that listed all the trail conditions for the state of Washington. “Don’t go,” she cautioned him. “Nobody’s been through. You will get lost. It will be dangerous and horrible. People die out there.” But despite her warnings, Becker, who was a cocky 25-year-old young man, went. And he ignored Rule Number One: “Never go alone.” But he could not find anyone willing to go on a two-month hike. Lacking any human partner, he got himself a dog.