Thirst
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Thirst

2600 Miles to Home

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eBook - ePub

Thirst

2600 Miles to Home

About this book

"Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish’s is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness." -- Foreword Reviews

"Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining 'trail magic' of hiking culture, Thirst is a testament to human endurance, inspiring to hikers and non-hikers alike." -- Shelf Awareness

"A refreshingly candid account of how an average person can harness a steadfast determination to achieve the spectacular." ― Outside

Named "50 Best Hiking Books of all Time" by BACKPACKER MAGAZINE

By age twenty-five, Heather Anderson had hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails--a combined distance of nearly eight thousand miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. Then, feeling it was time to settle down, Heather retired from long-distance hiking, married, and started a career. But her urge for wilderness was too strong, and she realized that nothing could replace the comfort she found while hiking. Her marriage crumbled. She quit her job. And she walked back into the mountains.

In Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, Heather, whose trail name is "Anish," explores her motivations in returning to the trail--and to her record-setting success on the PCT when she hiked 40-plus miles a day, often walking late into the night by glow of a headlamp, and facing down rattlesnakes, mountain lions, bears, raging rivers, snow, and lightning. She shares her joy in leaving behind a mundane life, and amid the rigors of the trail--the pain, fear, loneliness, and dangers--she discovers the greater rewards of both community and self-fulfillment. She learns that setting records is merely a catalyst, teaching her how to live a life of courage, confidence, and purpose.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781680512373
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Thirst 2600 Miles to Home
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Author’s Note
  7. Chapter 1 Mission Creek, California
  8. Chapter 2 Southern Terminus
  9. Chapter 3 Vicarious Adventurer
  10. Chapter 4 San Felipe Hills, California
  11. Chapter 5 Cleveland National Forest, California
  12. Chapter 6 San Jacinto Mountains, California
  13. Chapter 7 Mission Creek, California
  14. Chapter 8 San Gorgonio Wilderness, California
  15. Chapter 9 Angeles National Forest, California
  16. Chapter 10 Mojave Desert, California
  17. Chapter 11 Tehachapi Mountains, California
  18. Chapter 12 Piute Mountains, California
  19. Chapter 13 Owens Peak Wilderness, California
  20. Chapter 14 Kennedy Meadows, California
  21. Chapter 15 South Sierra Wilderness, California
  22. Chapter 16 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California
  23. Chapter 17 Yosemite National Park, California
  24. Chapter 18 Mokelumne Wilderness, California
  25. Chapter 19 Donner Pass, California
  26. Chapter 20 Sierra City, California
  27. Chapter 21 Middle Fork Feather River, California
  28. Chapter 22 Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
  29. Chapter 23 Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California
  30. Chapter 24 Klamath National Forest, California
  31. Chapter 25 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
  32. Chapter 26 Mount Thielsen Wilderness, Oregon
  33. Chapter 27 Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon
  34. Chapter 28 Willamette National Forest, Oregon
  35. Chapter 29 Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon
  36. Chapter 30 Columbia River, Oregon-Washington Border
  37. Chapter 31 Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington
  38. Chapter 32 Norse Peaks Wilderness, Washington
  39. Chapter 33 Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
  40. Chapter 34 Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington
  41. Chapter 35 North Cascades National Park, Washington
  42. Chapter 36 Northern Terminus
  43. Epilogue
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. About The Author