A Blistered Kind of Love
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A Blistered Kind of Love

One Couple's Trial by Trail

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eBook - ePub

A Blistered Kind of Love

One Couple's Trial by Trail

About this book


* Winner of the 2003 Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere Award
* A blend of romance, humor, and adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
* Written in "he said/she said" alternating chapters, this young couple each tell their own storyThey're not sure which came first -- falling in love with each other or falling in love with the idea of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (the length of California, Oregon, and Washington). At the trailhead, the young couple was warned that there would be tears, that each would have to find their own separate pace, and that at times the tent would seem awfully small for the two of them. They were told that their biggest obstacles to success would be... each other.Their first surprise: freeze-dried meals do funny things to your GI- tract. Their first fight: when Angela noticed that Duffy's long legs propel him along the trail faster than she can muster. But on they pressed -- encountering snakes, bears, and fellow thru-hikers with trail names like Crazy Legs and Catch 23. They baked in the deserts of Southern California, gazed awestruck at the snowy, serrated peaks of the High Sierra, and attempted to hide from Northern Washington's seemingly incessant rain. One hundred thirty two days of Pacific Crest Trail later, they made it -- blisters and all.

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Yes, you can access A Blistered Kind of Love by Dustin (Duffy) Ballard,Angela Ballard in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Science Biographies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Prologue
  6. 1 180 Snickers Bars
  7. 2 Meadow Ed
  8. 3 The Race is On
  9. 4 Pink Motel
  10. 5 Ultimatum at Vasquez Rocks
  11. 6 Saufley Electric and Ballard Gas
  12. 7 Lost in Wonderland
  13. 8 Wounded Knee Walker
  14. 9 Food Fight
  15. 10 Kicking Buttes
  16. 11 Time-out
  17. 12 The Misadventures of Solo-man
  18. 13 Cuddles
  19. 14 Trail Mix
  20. 15 Of Slugs, Rats, and Women
  21. 16 Wet!
  22. 17 Panic and Precipitation
  23. 18 Monument 78
  24. Epilogue
  25. Recommended Reading