{"id":6,"date":"2014-04-04T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hikertohiker.net\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2020-09-15T08:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:50:29","slug":"about-danny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hikertohiker.net\/about-danny\/","title":{"rendered":"About Danny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About Danny<\/h2>\n\n\n

No place is too far to walk if you have the time.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"I’m a hiker, hike leader and outdoor writer. I’ve been walking since my early twenties, and that’s a long time ago.<\/p>\n

My twitter handle is @dannyhiker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I walked Le Chemin de St. Jacques<\/a> in
2013, the Camino del Norte<\/a> in 2017 and the Camino Frances in 2018.<\/p>\n

Before that , I walked the Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina<\/a>, 1,000 miles through the state and \u00a0completed the trail in 2011.<\/p>\n

I am an avid hiker, an active member of the Carolina Mountain Club<\/a> (CMC) and a life member of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have hiked the whole Appalachian Trail<\/a> and completed the South Beyond 6,000<\/em><\/a>, 40 mountains over 6,000 foot mountains in the Southern Appalachians.<\/p>\n

I finished all the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park<\/a>, over 800 miles. The club that gives out the patch and the recognition is the 900 miler club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I lead day hikes for Carolina Mountain Club and Friends of the Smokies<\/a>.\u00a0I have led day hikes, week-end trips, and long vacation trips for the Appalachian Mountain Club. These include excursions to the Smokies<\/a>, Shenandoah National Park<\/a> in Virginia, Mt. Greylock in Massachussetts and several trips to Colorado and the Canadian Rockies. I have hiked internationally, including Europe, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

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High Falls in Ice<\/p><\/div>\n

My Writing Life<\/strong>
When I’m not hiking, I write about the outdoors. My latest book, DuPont Forest: a History<\/a>, published by The History Press<\/a>, is now out – in September, 2020.<\/p>\n

My book, Hiking the Carolina Mountains<\/em><\/a> was published in April 2007. My second guidebook, Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains<\/em><\/a> came out in April 2009. My next book was The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina<\/a> published by The History Press<\/a> in 2013.
Forests, Alligators, Battlefields: My Journey through the National Parks of the South<\/em><\/a>, was my personal contribution to the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My Previous Life<\/strong>
In my previous life, I was in computer science, way before computing was cool. I was a software developer for half my career and a college professor teaching computer science at Kean University<\/a> in New Jersey the second half.<\/p>\n

I have a slide show on North Carolina’s hiking heritage, which I can customize for your group. You can contact me directly:<\/p>\n

Danny Bernstein, Asheville, NC<\/p>\n

dannyhiker\u00a0 [at] gmail [dot] com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About Danny No place is too far to walk if you have the time. I’m a hiker, hike leader and outdoor writer. I’ve been walking since my early twenties, and that’s a long time ago. My twitter handle is @dannyhiker. I walked Le Chemin de St. Jacques in2013, the Camino del Norte in 2017 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n