Hiking and Backpacking
Sauntering Thru: Lessons in Ambition, Minimalism, and Love on the Appalachian Trail
An excerpt from the new book
Below you can read an excerpt from my recent memoir “Sauntering Thru: Lessons in Ambition, Minimalism, and Love on the Appalachian Trail.” You can pick up a copy here:
As I look about this small patch of woods in mid-Ohio, I realize it pales next to the seemingly endless wilderness I spent so many weeks traversing last year. The gentle hills with their small groves of oak and maple, pretty though they are, only make me long for the mountains once again. It was the journey of a lifetime, an arduous ordeal for mind and body alike; I wish now that it had never ended.
A year ago I finished hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), a tremendously challenging endeavor, and I was forever changed. My world today is quite different than it was then — enduring life in a global pandemic, separated from my partner by visa and border restrictions, facing political unrest that tested the very…
