Three Trailblazing Women Conquer the John Muir Trail

“Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, and wildflower-studded meadows.” –Barbara Olson Lawrence, author of the forthcoming Drawing Water

Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike “the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world,” the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they “adopt” a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail.

The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the thrill of walking through a towering waterfall, and the joy of dancing among midnight moonshadows. For a month, they live immersed in vast natural beauty, tackle the trail’s physical demands, and find camaraderie among an ensemble cast of eccentric trail characters. Together, they are pulled forward toward the trail’s end atop the highest peak in the High Sierra, Mt. Whitney, and the culmination of their transformative journey.

Force of Nature is equal parts gripping adventure tale, personal memoir, and vivid nature writing.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Rose Writing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 395 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685132812
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685132811
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.28 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.99 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #43,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Hiking & Camping Excursion Guides (Books) #41 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #514 in Memoirs (Books)
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