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'Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail' by Cheryl Strayed

Her life in a spiral, the author embarks on an epic hike in search of salvation

By Meredith Maran

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  March 18, 2012

Get to the end! Get to the end!, you can’t help but holler at Cheryl Strayed, author of “Wild’’ because-holy moly!-she’s hiking 2,663 miles from the Mojave Desert to Washington State, through searing heat and trail-blurring snow, wearing boots that don’t fit, with inadequate supplies of money, food, water, and experience, escaping the clutches of scary wildlife and scary men along the way. At the age of 26. For three months. Alone.

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