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Thirst

2600 Miles to Home

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Thirst

By: Heather Anderson
Narrated by: Heather Costa
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By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail - a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains.

In her new memoir, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, Heather, whose trail name is "Anish", conveys not only her athleticism and wilderness adventures, but also shares her distinct message of courage - her willingness to turn away from the predictability of a more traditional life in an effort to seek out what most fulfills her. Amid the rigors of the trail - pain, fear, loneliness, and dangers - she discovers the greater rewards of community and of self, conquering her doubts and building confidence. Ultimately, she realizes that records are merely a catalyst, giving her purpose, focus, and a goal to strive toward.

©2019 Heather Anderson (P)2019 Tantor Travel Writing & Commentary Hiking Sports
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I felt for Heather's pull to get out of the rat race, With love I hope she's coping well now,, a lovely woman, x

Honest and heartfelt ❤️

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Brutally honest account if the demons that drive high performance in all really high achievers. I totally understand the attraction to the simplicity of trail life, eat ,drink ,walk sleep these are the drives we had long before we lived in cities and had salaries,hope to be able to experience this myself one day.

Brutally honest

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This book talks about the physical and psychological aspects of an endurance athlete. Really well written and spoken!

Fair play to her

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Anish gives you everything, an inspirational woman and amazing human. If you don’t want to hike after reading this then nothing could persuade you

Honest, earnest and beautiful

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Read this almost by accident and I’m glad I did. Just what I needed to hear at a difficult point in life.

Inspiring

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