![]() ![]() ![]() This was a very inspirational story, and I love that she was using the trail not just as something to do but as a way to figure out her life. I really enjoyed her trail descriptions, her encounters with other people, and her resilience through a lot of trials on the trail. With every step she takes, Jennifer transitions from an over-confident college graduate to a student of the trail. Not many 21 year olds are self-possessed enough to handle themselves the way she did. For her to do that on her own is just amazing. This is starting to sound negative but I actually loved her book. She struck me too as being a bit sheltered, with her shock and offended sensibilities at a lot of the other people she came across. She attended the Appalachian Trail Institute before doing her thru-hike and I find it hard to believe that they didn’t go over any practical concerns like that. ![]() This week’s recommendation is Becoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis In 2018, I spent five months hiking the Appalachian Trail, a 3,200 km trail that runs from Maine to Georgia. She started with ill-fitting old gear, and did not know basic camping skills like how to cook and clean dishes, how to set up her tent, or how to hang a bear bag. Travel with a Book is a bi-weekly travel book recommendation publication by Mark. ![]() It struck me that Davis was also not that prepared before starting her trip (“also” referring to Bill Bryson). I did a quick re-read of this book as well, since you read about things differently when it’s for entertainment and when it’s for something you actually are planning to do. ![]()
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