As an author it is always a thrill to know that your book has had an impact. Here are some quotes from some emails I have received:
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I finished Three Hundred Zeroes tonight just one week from when I met you, the fastest I have ever read a book. There is only one fault that I found @#$% it ended! What a great book and what an author. The book brings back a lot of fond memories of forty years ago. Camping the Adirondacks, living not far from Mt Monadnock, Mt Greylock, …, Mt Washington, Camping at Pinkham Notch, Crawford Notch, Mooselookmaguntic, Rangley Lake where my sister and brother-in-law had a beautiful cottage on the water. Ham Radio op, Bob
N1ZK in Orlando, FL:

Hello Dennis, I just finished your book last night, once I started I could hardly put it down!! Great, great story! Your story was a inspiration and encouragement for all of us not so young in body, but still young at heart…Maybe a few years down the road I’ll do some section of the AT, I have a sister that lives in Blairsville, north GA., not far from the beginning of the AT. -Ham radio op, Ed in Marana, AZ.

“Great read! Here is my problem. I am having surgery in late April. Three Hundred Zeroes was for my recuperation. I am at ‘Mama and the Three Bears and I cannot seem to put it down” – Doug in Boston

“Hi K1! So I just started reading your book last night and can’t put it down!!” -Lemur in Baltimore

“You are unbelieveable. You did an hour of standup in a hiker hut in the middle of the White mountains?? I guess my comment earlier about you looking like George Carlin wasn’t far removed. What’s next? Are you booking the borscht belt?    You have one heck of a lot of talent my friend. EE, Ham radio guy, hiker/explorer, cross country motorcyclist,and now stand up comedian!” –Paul in New Hampshire
“Dennis, my book arrived a couple days ago. It’s a great read, I really enjoy it. Almost seems like I am there too.” –Ben in Ohio

“Didn’t realize you were such a bear and babe magnet” -Steve in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
“Your descriptions of eating large meals are a hoot!” -Rich in Vermont

“I’m already engrossed!” -Deborah, Thru-Hiker

Oh boy–am I exhausted!  I went to church…–the door fell off the guest room shower…, some drastic pruning outside, back door needs painting, etc, etc… so what did I do???  I’ve been hiking the AT, having heart surgery, getting back on the trail—time to stop for wine, cheese and crackers!   What an adventure.-Mrs. L, Fort Myers, Florida

And the list goes on…
Thank you all for the kind words, it does my heart good to know you’re all enjoying it so much.

Dennis “K1” Blanchard

I was just poking around Google.com and found this nice comment about the book from Steve, in Dublin, Ohio. Steve is a ham radio operator, and he writes on his blog about the book:

KC8QVO Blog

Thanks Steve!

Yesterday, 3 March, Jane and I visited the Orlando, Florida Amateur Radio Club. I was invited to give a slide presentation on my hike of the Appalachian Trail. The club’s members were an enthusiastic and enjoyable audience and I think we all had a great time. I concluded that I have way too many slides and information to cram into a short presentation time, and I’ll have to work on that for future presentations.

How does one cram six months into forty minutes? It isn’t easy. Fortunately, a number of members did pick up a copy of the book and will be able to get the “whole story” at their leisure. One fellow, Dan, not only bought a copy of the book, he won the door prize, which was also a copy of the book, but I have to admit, he didn’t look disappointed.

Thanks to Diana, “Walky Talky” and others that are leaving comments here and on Amazon.com. I can’t begin to tell you how it pleases me to see readers enjoying themselves with this story.

Dennis “K1” Blanchard

It’s been hectic since the book has gone “live’ for sale.  To those of you that have already placed orders: thank you! Hopefully, when you get the book and have a chance to read it, you’ll post comments here. I can’t begin to tell you how much work this has been and if you enjoy reading it and get something out of it, then I’ll feel I’ve accomplished my goals.

The web site has had some improvements. The photos page now has 160 photos. The order of the photos approximately follows the chapters of the book, so if you see something in the book that looks interesting, you can probably find the color version of it on the web site.

The photo quality of a black and white photo in standard book print is very low quality; higher than newspaper, but certainly not like a coffee table photo book. This is one of the trade-offs of trying to keep a book’s costs down and still come up with reasonable quality. Unfortunately, when I was completing the hike, it never dawned on me it would be a book. If there is a life’s lesson there, it would be: always keep good records and take high quality photos. During most of the hike I had the camera set for medium grade photos. I assumed I would be putting them on the web, but didn’t consider that most publishers want at least 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch) photos. In some cases I had to convert the images to achieve 300 DPI, but something gets lost in the translation.

It’s 2 am, time to get some sleep. Once again, thanks.

Dennis, “K1” Blanchard
 

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