The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail

Dan White

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Langue : anglais

Edité par HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2008

0061376930 / 9780061376931

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When Dan and his girlfriend set out to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, his parents wondered how two people who had never shared an apartment could survive in a four-by-six foot tent in the desert. Not to mention the fact that the trail stretches from Mexico to Canada, through boiling desert and snowcapped mountain passes. Despite the warnings of their loved ones, and even some naysaying strangers, Dan and Melissa set out into the wilderness. They are dubbed "The Lois and Clark Expedition" by their long-limbed, loping guru "The Gingerbread Man" after covering the requisite number of miles to be considered official PCT thru-hikers.As the desert gives way to mountains, and the winter threatens to abbreviate their trek, the hardships of the trail provide these addled adventurers a crystalline view of the American wilderness, themselves, and each other. This book tells the story of "one and a half step" Warren Rogers, co-founder of the Pacific Crest Trail. Rogers overcame polio and risked ruin during the Great Depression to chart the trail from beginning to end. As Dan White walks in Rogers' footsteps, he starts to wonder if he's assumed the man's bravery, or his insanity.…

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Titre
The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail
Auteur
Dan White
Éditeur
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Année de publication
2008
État de l'article
Good
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0061376930
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780061376931

World of Books (was SecondSale)

Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis

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