She decided to challenge herself do the route on her own, with the little money she had left and with the only companion of “Monster”, her huge backpack. She found the guide of the Pacific Crest Trail in a shop by casuality (or by destiny) and saw the hike as the perfect oppotunity. Her mother’s death, her divorce and a difficult period dealing with drugs were the reasons that encouraged her to start this long-distance hike and take back the reins of her life again. Contrary to what we may think, she had absolutely no experience in backpacking. To put us in context, Cheryl Strayed did the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from south California to Canada in 1995 at the age of 26. I was wrong: it has been one of the books I have liked the most. I don’t use to read this kind of books and my first impression was that a memoir about a hiking trip would be “ just another autobiographical story”. This weekend I finished “Wild”, a memoir by the American author Cheryl Strayed where she describes the 1,000-mile-hike on the Pacific Crest Trail that she did as a way of self-discovery. To move without a destination or purpose wander. To move away from a group, deviate from a course, or escape from established limits.ī. This is my review of “Wild” (from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail), by Cheryl Strayed.Ī.
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