Book description
National Geographic 2019 Adventurer of the Year "Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish's is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness."-Foreword Reviews
"Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining 'trail magic' of hiking…
Why read it?
1 author picked Thirst as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved Thirst because it rebuts the common criticism in the trail-recording-setting world, “You can’t enjoy the beauty of a place when you’re moving that fast.”
Heather’s descriptions of the natural world beg to differ. She writes as poetically about stunning landscapes, wildlife, and foliage as she does about her screaming feet and her innate desire to push herself to extremes. As a reader, I felt like I was right there with her for the beauty and the pain.
From Christine's list on Christine Reed's favorite record-breaking memoirs by women on trails.
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