Nicole Antoinette
Nicole Antoinette is a former indoor kid who never imagined she'd wind up spending months of each year pooping in the woods. You can learn more about her books and other work at backpackingbooks.com, and follow her hikes on Instagram at @nic.antoinette
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Carrot Quinn
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Jennifer Pharr Davis
Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains, where she developed a love for hiking at a young age. At age twenty-one, Jennifer hiked the entire Appalachian Trail as a solo female and fell in love with long-distance backpacking.
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Since then, Jennifer has hiked more than 8,000 miles of trails in North America, including the Pacific Crest Trail, Vermont’s Long Trail, and the Colorado Trail, and completed two thru-hikes on the Appalachian Trail. She has hiked and traveled on six continents; some of the highlights include Mount Kilimanjaro, the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and the 600-mile Bibbulmun Track in Australia.
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Derick Lugo is an accomplished and acclaimed storyteller, best known for his captivating memoir, The Unlikely Thru-Hiker. This compelling book takes readers on a remarkable 6-month journey along the Appalachian Trail, weaving humor and vivid narratives into a tale that has captured the hearts of readers worldwide.
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Recognized for his exceptional ability to engage and entertain, Derick has made significant contributions to various outdoor magazines, journal articles, and has penned captivating short stories for esteemed publications. His writing transports readers into the heart of his adventures, leaving them yearning for more.
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Ethan Gallogly
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Jennifer Pharr Davis
Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains, where she developed a love for hiking at a young age. At age twenty-one, Jennifer hiked the entire Appalachian Trail as a solo female and fell in love with long-distance backpacking.
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Carrot Quinn
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Marty Ohlhaut
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He worked for thirty-two years as a risk management partner with IBM and then spent the next twelve years teaching strategic execution courses around the world. He has traveled to forty-four countries and visited all fifty states, making him an encyclopedia of amazing stories and anecdotes.
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Emily Halnon
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Jean Muenchrath
AWARD-WINNING FINALIST IN THE 2018 BEST BOOK AWARDS SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN BOOK FEST; TRAVEL: GUIDES & ESSAYS CATEGORY.
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Jean Muenchrath’s insatiable appetite for adventure has taken her on mountain escapades across North and South America and Asia. She loves to explore wild places under the power of her own two feet. She has been a park ranger for over thirty years, led treks in Nepal and Thailand, and worked in Bhutan for the World Wildlife Fund. To balance her outer and inner worlds she spends two months a year in solitary retreat. -
Emily Halnon
Emily Halnon is a writer, trail runner, and mountain athlete out of Eugene, Oregon. Some of her most notable runs include setting the FKT on the 460-mile Oregon PCT, placing in the top 10 at the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run, and finishing 100 milers across the Cascades, Siskiyous, and San Juans. Emily’s writing, which often explores the intersection of running and the human experience, has been published in outlets including the Washington Post, the Guardian, Salon, CNN, Runner’s World, Trail Runner Magazine, and Adventure Journal.
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Audrey Payne
Hi, I'm Audrey Payne. I'm an avid hiker and backpacker, and in 2018, after recovering from a debilitating spinal injury, I quit my job in Washington, D.C., to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Then, I wrote a memoir about it! Now, I live in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, where I get outdoors every chance I get. Check out my trail memoir, "Where the Rhododendrons Bloom: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail" to learn what it's REALLY like to hike the AT and what happens if you dare to follow your wildest dreams.
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Ethan Gallogly
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Cody James Howell
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Reannon Muth
Reannon Muth was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in the 1980s, and grew up across the street from the beach on the island of Oahu, before moving to New York with her family when she was 16. She attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she majored in psychology. During and after college, Reannon spent several years traveling the world. She studied in Europe, taught English in Japan and Central America and backpacked around India. She even worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Alaska.
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These explorations eventually formed the basis of her first book—a memoir called UNATTACHED, which tells the story of her attempts to overcome her anxiety while hiking one of the tallest mountains in the US.
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Paul Gorman
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