“If your goal is to walk the entire Appalachian Trail, then do it. People who take shortcuts do so because they are usually shorter, quicker, or easier. So where is the challenge and honor in that? We have enough of… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
“Walking the entire Appalachian Trail is not recreation. It is an education and a job. • Walking the entire Appalachian Trail is not “going on a hike.” It is a challenging task—a journey with deeper ramifications. Are you willing to… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
“In Massachusetts and Vermont, there had been plenty of mosquitoes, but in New Hampshire, they had reinforcements.” — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
Writing is one of the main ways that I process the experience. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk about the trail healing them, but I feel like, the first time, it humbled me, which I probably needed.… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
I'd always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
I know that I was hiking at a very young age because I remember being convinced that it was the trees that were talking. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
“them? • Don’t fight the Trail. You have to flow with it. Be cooperative with the Trail, neither competitive nor combative. • Don’t expect… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
One thing I think I've always felt about being in nature is that it's a very natural taste. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
Food is like a torture device because hiking 47 miles a day is hard enough. And then you're trying to get down 6,000 calories… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
Going into the woods, you can go as fast or as slow as you want. It's restorative. Even when I was young, the wilderness… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
I found things in the woods that I didn’t know I was looking for… and now I’ll never be the same. — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
