This book puts the spotlight on a National Trail System that few people know about. Including one segment east of Elkhart Lake which I drive past often, which I guess is what first made me want to learn more and possibly hike segments and write about it on my blog. I have driven past trail heads many times on my travels throughout Wisconsin. She touched on the history, which I found fascinating because I never realized how many miles it actually is, and never really knew much about it. The author shares not only her experience with the trail, but stories of others who either thru hiked or segment hiked the Ice Age Trail. Maybe it's because I'm a travel blogger from Wisconsin, maybe it's cause I love it when women follow their dreams and do what needs to be done to fulfill them, or maybe it's cause I enjoy a bit of hiking and parts of the Ice Age Trail are near my house, whatever the reason, I loved this book! It was a quick read cause I had a hard time putting it down. Woven throughout her account are details of the history of the still-developing Ice Age Trail-one of just eleven National Scenic Trails-and helpful insight and strategies for undertaking a successful thru-hike.In addition to chronicling McManus's hike, Thousand-Miler also includes the little-told story of the Ice Age Trail's first-ever thru-hiker Jim Staudacher, an account of the record-breaking thru-run of ultrarunner Jason Dorgan, the experiences of a young combat veteran who embarked on her thru-hike as a way to ease back into civilian life, and other fascinating tales from the trail. Follow along as she worries about wildlife encounters, wonders if her injured feet will ever recover, and searches for an elusive fellow hiker known as Papa Bear. In prose that's alternately harrowing and humorous, Thousand-Miler takes you with her through Wisconsin's forests, prairies, wetlands, and farms, past the geologic wonders carved by long-ago glaciers, and into the neighborhood bars and gathering places of far-flung small towns. In thirty-six thrilling days, Melanie Radzicki McManus hiked 1,100 miles around Wisconsin, landing her in the elite group of Ice Age Trail thru-hikers known as the Thousand-Milers.
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