Cultured Travel Guide Books - In Beauty May She Walk; Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60 |
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.510974
EAN: 9780976568605
ISBN: 0976568608
Label: Rock Spring Press
Manufacturer: Rock Spring Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2005-09-15
Publisher: Rock Spring Press
Release Date: 2005-09-15
Studio: Rock Spring Press |
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Summary: enjoyed the journey
Comment: I am almost to the end of the trail/book. I read a review of this book in our local Bend OR paper, I ordered a copy after noting the author was 60 at the time of the hike, and I had just turned 60. I took awhile to start to read it, but couldn't put it down after I started. The only problem or disappointment, I had, was no 'follow-up' on Amy and Jed, if that was his real name. Other wise, I enjoyed her journey.
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Summary: insperation for those of us over sixty
Comment: A wonderful book for those of us over sixty. It is an insperation, very detailed. A fun book.
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Summary: Inspiring Book
Comment: A wonderful and inspiring book for anyone, but especially for women over 50. While I don't plan anything so adventurous as Ms Mass, she does inspire me to keep walking.
I especially enjoyed her writing style and her shared insights into people and culture which make this book so much more than a walker's diary.
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Summary: Outstanding
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I enjoyed the book - its always been a dream of mine to go on such a journey. I'm not much of a reader but since I got the 1st book
written about the APT I have not missed many of the books. I also have
one of the tapes (Trek) & enjoyed that too. I'm 68 & wished I'd known
about the APT long before I got so elderly. It still excites me & I can't hardly stop reading when I get a new book, this one is very satifying & so full of hope. Thanks
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Summary: In Beauty May She Walk
Comment: I've read 4 books on hiking the AT. This one I liked the least. Author complained a lot about how difficult it was. Left me almost depressed about the prospect of hiking the trail.
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In 2000, inspired by her father, Leslie Mass decided she would turn a lifelong fantasy into reality. At the age of 59 she began to train for a grueling journey – a thru-hike of the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail. In Beauty May She Walk chronicles Leslie’s struggles and triumphs during her hike. On the trail, Leslie struggles with how to balance the needs of her family and friends while making the trail a priority; how to shed years of social conditioning that dictate how a woman should act; and how to know when to ask for help, while understanding that sometimes, help has to come from within. For the first few weeks, Leslie learns how to pitch a tent in the rain, keep animals out of her food, and lighten the load on her back. As the terrain toughens, she struggles to physically keep up with the trail community she depends on socially to keep going, and realizes the difficulty of maintaining her obligations to family and friends while focusing her efforts on putting one foot in front of the other, every day. And after September 11, 2001, she copes with being seemingly the only hiker on the trails for miles, eventually forcing her to change her definition of “hiking her own hike.” A suburban college professor, Leslie is just like any other woman you might pass on the grocery aisle. Her story is an inspiring physical and mental journey to reach the goal of a lifetime.
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