Quote by Jennifer Pharr Davis

““But somewhere along the journey I learned that much of what I thought was impossible was simply very, very difficult.””

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Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity.

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Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies.

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“In Massachusetts and Vermont, there had been plenty of mosquitoes, but in New Hampshire, they had reinforcements.”

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Writing is one of the main ways that I process the experience.

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A lot of people talk about the trail healing them, but I feel like, the first time, it humbled me, which I probably needed.…

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I'd always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance.

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I know that I was hiking at a very young age because I remember being convinced that it was the trees that were talking.

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“them? • Don’t fight the Trail. You have to flow with it. Be cooperative with the Trail, neither competitive nor combative. • Don’t expect…

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One thing I think I've always felt about being in nature is that it's a very natural taste.

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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…

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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…

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I found things in the woods that I didn’t know I was looking for… and now I’ll never be the same.

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