Since then, Jennifer has hiked more than 11,000 miles on six different continents, with North American hikes including the Pacific Crest Trail, Vermont's Long Trail, and the Colorado Trail, and completed three thru-hikes on the Appalachian Trail. At age twenty-one, Jennifer hiked the entire Appalachian Trail as a solo female and fell in love with long-distance backpacking. Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains, where she developed a love for hiking at a young age. And she learns that the Appalachian Trail is more than a 2,175 mile hike: it is a journey that will change a person forever.
As she travels along the ridges of the ancient mountain chain, she realizes that she isn’t walking through nature-she realizes she is part of nature. With every step she takes, Jennifer transitions from an over-confident college graduate to a student of the trail. But even at her lowest points, it provides enduring friendships, unexpected laughter, and the gift of self-discovery. The trail becomes a modern day Odyssey that tests Jennifer’s faith in God, humanity and herself. The next five months are the most physically and emotionally challenging of her life-coping with blisters and aching shoulders, hiking through endless torrents of rain and a blizzard, facing unwanted company and encountering tragedy. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along on the long-distance footpath that stretches 2,175 miles from Georgia to Maine.
Hiking Lady’s Recommendation: 4.After graduating from college, Jennifer isn’t sure what she wants to do with her life. A fun, engaging, and interesting book!Īlso note that Jennifer Pharr Davis is attempting a new speed record on the Appalachian Trail. The book is well written by a tenacious young lady who finds new friends on the trail, and like so many other thru hikers discovers more about herself.
In her book Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, Jennifer recounts her experiences in a funny, engaging manner that made me not want to put this book down!Īlong the way, Jennifer meets interesting characters, some she shares stories with, and others she speed hikes away from! Two other AT hikers, Bill Bryson and Dennis Blanchard, who wrote about their adventures in their respective books A Walk in the Woods and Three Hundred Zeroes each had their fair share of humorous stories, but this book is uniquely from a woman’s perspective and a very young one at that! An Epic Adventure? That is what Jennifer Pharr Davis certainly encountered on her 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail journey!Īfter graduating from college, 21 year old Jennifer set out on a solo thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, starting in Georgia with the goal of reaching Maine.
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