Notes from March 2014 group

Wild by Cheryl Strayed - Notes from Wed. March 5, 2014 meeting                     

 

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

Cheryl walked 1100 miles on Pacific Crest Trail mostly alone through several states and differing climates.  She was not a hiker, but she researched the necessary equipment and bought it all.  However she did not learn how to use it or even break in her new hiking boots; she learned while doing.  She was a unique character and had a very unusual/nontraditional childhood.  Our group enjoyed her story from the trails.  It was an interesting read.