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Bliss(ters): How I walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer
Written by Gail M. Francis
Narrated by Wendy Tremont King
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Just before her fortieth birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of the great trails of the world. Carrying everything she needed on her back, Francis spent five months walking from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail. Along the way, she lost her pack scrambling over scree in the desert, struggled to navigate high mountain passes, and wore the soles off her boots trekking across lava fields-all within some of the most pristine wilderness in the nation. Though she set out alone, her story includes an eclectic cast of characters. From the man walking the entire 2,700 miles in a series of twenty-six wedding dresses, to the woman making the journey in the company of her pet mouse, Francis learned to count on her fellow hikers for entertainment as well as a few important life lessons.
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Reviews for Bliss(ters)
Rating: 4.1824324324324325 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great adventure! I read a negative review some guy wrote and I’m super confused about what his problem was! To the author, don’t listen to that jerk it’s probably a bot! Great book!
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Ffs... why the Green Lantern crap... had to bail. Lost your way.... numerous times in the first chapter. Yeuuuch!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A lot of technical glitches in the file. I had to reboot my phone to get it to work. Narrator was average - a bit slow, monotonous and boring. The author at first set off to hike PCT alone but soon found that she needed company. The author also is fond of expressing her political views on everything from Obamacare, LQBTQ rights, gun control and more. She's a skilled writer but her story was not inspiring.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There are so many things on the PCT that if you’ll never never from watching a video, so in a way you get to walk it and live its struggles, its joy, and everything that unfolds in head s you hear the story!