Walking home : a woman's pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail

by Kelly Winters

Paper Book, 2001

LCC

GV199.A68 W56

Status

Available

Call number

GV199.A68 W56

Genres

Publication

Los Angeles : Alyson Books, 2001.

Description

Part outdoor adventure, part memoir, this is an emotional and spiritual account of six months spent by the author on the Appalachian Trail which stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some 2,000 miles of excptionally wild country. Overcoming exhaustion, hunger, injuries and loneliness, Winters captures the sense of majestic isolation, moments of staggering beauty and startling terror, and the conflicting senses of exhilaration and futility that exist in outdoor adventure. Truthful, often funny, this is an exciting account of an exceptional journey.

User reviews

LibraryThing member eclecticlibrarian

I devoured this book. That doesn't sound very nice, does it? Devour is the only way I can describe the feeling I had when I was able to take a lunch break at work and read more of the book. Even though I was sitting in a relatively comfortable room, scarfing down my lunch, I could feel the pain of

hunger, the ache in my joints, and the general weariness that she described throughout the story. At the same time, I could feel a cool wind on my face, and smell the crisp scent of wet woods and dirt.

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LibraryThing member andersonden

This certainly was a pilgrimmage, and in terms of spiritual renewal and positive life-altering outcomes a very beneficial one. It was inspiring to read a trail book that spoke about the seeking aspect of the journey.

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