A lot of people talk about the trail healing them, but I feel like, the first time, it humbled me, which I probably needed. It was a completely new way to experience the world and my body. — 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
