This part gets a little weird for Pacific Crest Trail thru hikers. The communities I'm finding have, well, less than flattering things to say about people who want to hike the PCT after reading/watching "Wild". Briefly, it's an Oprah book club selection written by Cheryl Strayed about her hike on the PCT back in the late 1990s. Pacific Crest Trials outright says that if your reason for hiking the PCT includes "Cheryl Strayed" to "keep digging".
Last year, I did read "Wild" (and then watched the movie) and it's what got me motivated. I thought to myself, if this dangerously unprepared, naive, twenty-something can hike the PCT and not die, I can, too. Especially with a little more preparation and planning and training, I can do it.
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