“I was so much more powerful than anyone knew. I was an animal learning to fight back, instinctively, fiercely. I was a brave girl. I was a fit fox. I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.” EmpowermentYoung GirlYoung WomanHiking The Pct Book:Girl in the Woods: A Memoir Source: Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
“Under gold clouds, he pushed the limits of my body, setting a faster pace—some days surpassing forty rugged miles, unstopping through morning’s thick peach haze; noon’s warmth; red evening sun.” DistanceCloudsEveningSunsetHikingPushing The LimitsAthleticismPushing YourselfHiking The Pct Book:Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir Source: Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir
“I had feared this end, wondered where I would go from it, from the moment I first stepped on this footpath in the desert. But I found I was not afraid of reaching it now. I was happy. I hadn't found every answer for where I was going, but I now had all I needed to take these next steps. I knew I would do what I needed to become a writer now.” LifeWoodsMemoirWriterHikingAspen MatisYoung GirlHiking The Pct Book:Girl in the Woods: A Memoir Source: Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
“And so, despite the complex web of paths, waterfalls, cliffs, as a hiker wanders downhill, drainages merge, faint, abstract paths coalesce, thicken, until there is one path – the one, natural, trodden way.” NatureMemoirPctHiking The Pct Book:Girl in the Woods: A Memoir Source: Girl in the Woods: A Memoir