[2][3] She completed additional treks in the United States, Nepal, Japan, New Zealand, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, England, Scotland, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland, and Canada.
In 1990, Berger left Island Press and Smith took a sabbatical from Iona; the couple hiked the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail from Mexico to Canada.
Reviews in regional media (San Francisco Chronicle,[6] Flint Journal (Michigan),[7] Rocky Mountain News,[8]) and national media (The Wall Street Journal, [9] E, the Environmental Magazine,[10] Publishers Weekly[11]) discussed how the book combined an adventure narrative with digressions into western American history, western water policy, grazing on public lands, fire suppression policy, and the Endangered Species Act.
[12] She served as a technical consultant for Trailside, a PBS television show about outdoor adventure, for which she wrote three companion books published by W. W. Norton.
The series received national media coverage from such publications and organizations as USA Today,[24] the Chicago Tribune,[25]Frommer's,[26] Forbes.com,[27]Afar,[28] the American Hiking Society,[29] and the Partnership for the National Trails System,[30] and was featured in best-of lists and in gift-book round-ups[31][32][33] in The New York Times Book Review,[34] in Associated Press-affiliated newspapers around the United States,[35] and in People Magazine.
In 2018, she added live piano music; her combination lecture-music-slide show was the opening night presentation at the annual meeting of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association.
[38] As a result of her books, speaking, articles, and media about her activities, she became a resource for journalists writing about hiking-related subjects in such publications as The New York Times,[39] Sports Illustrated,[40] U.S.A. Today,[41] and the San Francisco Chronicle.