by Esther Parry
I enjoyed this...until I didn't. She's a fun, lively
writer and a pretty interesting person. Her travel on the AT seemed to suffer
from lack of advance planning, but then, doesn't every ones? The only way to find out if you're up for
long distance hiking is to do long distance hiking. And I must say, she makes a
valiant effort at it.
One of the things that put me off was her tendency to take a good bit of time away from trail. She goes to New York City--a fun adventure and I heartily agree with it--but right in the middle of the hike of a lifetime? I think she did herself a disservice there. And she does a lot of Ubering to motels. That interruption throws a wrench into the whole routine of a walk, it seems to me--rather than a thru-hike, it seemed more like a series of day hikes.
But that's my own quibble. When she was on trail, she put forth a valiant effort and seemed to enjoy the journey. Though she's not quite as "deep" on paper as I would prefer in a travel writer, she's interested in the world around her and interesting to read.
So I'll give this journey a big "maybe."
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