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Letting Go on the Applachian Trail

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Mud, Rocks, Blazes

Auteur(s): Heather Anderson
Narrateur(s): Chelsea Stephens
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Following her best-selling memoir, Thirst, here is the next step in Heather “Anish” Anderson’s adventurous life journey - one of deep emotion and self-discovery

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013, Heather “Anish” Anderson still had such deep-seated insecurities that she became convinced her feat had been a fluke. So two years later she set out again, this time hiking through mud, rocks, and mountain blazes to crush her constant self-doubt and seek the true source of her strength and purpose.

The 2,189 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Maine to Georgia, did not make it easy. Anderson struggled with its infamous rain, humidity, insects, and steep grades for 54 days. But because she had to fight for every step, she knew when she reached the summit of Springer Mountain, the AT’s southern terminus, that she had fully earned the trail. Of greater value, she learned to love herself and her body, and to feel the depth of her power. Examining emotional scars as well as her relationship with her mother, Anderson’s deeply internal yet highly physical journey in Mud, Rocks, Blazes is an essential story.

©2021 Heather Anderson (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing Amérique du Nord Essais et carnets de voyage Marche Voyage et aventure États-Unis Aventure Ouvrages généraux Sports Randonnée Émotions Inspirant Travel Memoir
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Great story and well told. I really enjoyed following along on this adventure. Heather is an incredible person.

What a force

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The entire book was read as if the reader was deliberately trying to sound out of breathe. It was either meant to try to capture the physical effort which is the main theme in the book or it was meant to add suspense, like a teenage horror flick. Either way it was over the top and awful. Great story, awful audio.

Reader voice - ugh

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I've been building myself up after an I jury a few years ago and this book started me off on a trail as I hiked one my first long hikes in some time. It was a good listen.

Some reviews talk about the robotic narrator and negativity early in the book. They aren't wrong. I also found that too often acronyms and references for more serious hikers or people who know a region come up and I'd have no idea what's going on other than she knows what's up. I think some better explanation at times early on would've helped to flesh out the more technical sections and maybe some context earlier in the book on why she was feeling the way she was would've helped get through that negative part.

Overall though, I think it's a good book. It shows physical and mental reasons to stress and have uncertainty while giving plenty of examples of where grit helps to push past those moments and see little glimpses of the light at the end of the tunnel. The end is very brief but I think it finishes in a sweet moment that shows how perspective can lend itself to great efforts which pay off.

A good listen, especially on the trail

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It was a decent story. I did not like how negative she was about everything. There was no one positive thing she said in her book. The narrator is horrible. Does not suit this book at all. She sounds raspy and would be much better suited for a horror novel or something. She ruined the book for me.

Meh…..

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