Part of the story finds her, a grown woman, hiding in the bushes to avoid hiking with a man that she initially approached because she does not have the decency to simply tell him such. She defines herself by her faith but acts with little compassion and respect and a "better than you" attitude. She spends most of her time complaining about the people that she encounters on the trail and victimizes every situation that doesn't suit her. I cannot believe that there are not more raw reviews of this book! In the spirit of the author, here is my review: I tried really hard to like this author and her story but at about halfway through I could not stand her at all. Jennifer lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, and is the owner and founder of Blue Ridge Hiking Co. Jennifer has written for Trail Runner magazine,, and is a frequent contributor to Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine, and has written two guidebooks. In 2008 she became the fastest woman to hike the Appalachian Trail, averaging thirty-eight miles a day and completing the trail in fifty-seven days.
Jennifer holds endurance records on three long-distance trails. She has hiked and traveled on six continents some of the highlights include Mount Kilimanjaro, the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and the 600-mile Bibbulmun Track in Australia. Since then, Jennifer has hiked more than 8,000 miles of trails in North America, including the Pacific Crest Trail, Vermont’s Long Trail, and the Colorado Trail, and completed two thru-hikes on the Appalachian Trail. At age twenty-one, Jennifer hiked the entire Appalachian Trail as a solo female and fell in love with long-distance backpacking. Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains, where she developed a love for hiking at a young age. And when tragedy strikes, she learns that she can depend on other people to help her in times of need. The trail is full of unexpected kindness, generosity, and humor. With every step she takes, Jennifer transitions from an over-confident college graduate to a student of the trail, braving situations she never imagined before her thru-hike.
She quickly discovers that thru-hiking is harder than she had imagined: coping with blisters and aching shoulders from the 30-pound pack she carries sleeping on the hard wooden floors of trail shelters hiking through endless torrents of rain and even a blizzard. The next four months are the most physically and emotionally challenging of her life. Though her friends and family think she's crazy, she sets out alone to hike the trail, hoping it will give her time to think about what she wants to do next. She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2175-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine.
After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life.
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