Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart
An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Erin Spencer
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Carrot Quinn
About this listen
Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the Internet. The city makes her numb, and she's having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move, she breaks away from everything to walk 2,660 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. It will be her first long-distance hike.
In the desert of Southern California, Carrot faces many challenges, both physical and emotional: pain, injury, blisters, aching cold and searing heat, dehydration, exhaustion, loneliness. In the wilderness she happens upon and becomes close with an eclectic group of strangers - people she wouldn't have chanced to meet in the "regular world" but who are brought together, here on the trail, by their one common goal: to make it to Canada before the snow flies.
©2015 Carrot Quinn (P)2016 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-2018
Too much sex!
A well performed recollection of a through hike experience. Just too much sex for me!
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- Anonymous User
- 20-03-2020
eye rolls
I loved the hiking and adventure escapism, but carrot really annoyed me as a person. so scared to be her own person and do anything with any one. I found myself eye rolling every few minutes when she'd whine about wanting to stay with her "friends" or her repeated questions "what is...." was a constant one. she felt too people please-y. Great book but carrots not my kind of person :)
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- Ben
- 28-06-2022
Great listen
With all the reviews saying too much sex, I was waiting for it. There isn't any. Gets mentioned about 3/4 of the way through.
Carrot writes in a very descriptive manner and does an excellent job in taking you along on her journey.
Erin does a masterful reading, very much bringing the character to life. Well worth the listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-2018
A great tale.
This was a great tale of a walk along the PCT, expressed with heart. Recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2023
Glad I stuck it out
The naration and writing style was hard to listen to at first but got slightly better towards the end. There is one part where the author used onomatopoeia excessively to describe the wind and it was completely overkill, I almost stopped listening but pushed through and I'm glad I did. Many beautifully profound insights along her journey that I'm glad I listened to.
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- Sarah
- 12-05-2020
Incredible
Beautifully written, I didn’t want it to end. Definitely pulled on the heart strings and made you feel you were out there on the trail.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-05-2018
The perfect workday commute companion
This book was great! A day by day account of the PCT, with the highlights, low lights, and relationships along the way. A great read for times when you feel caught in the 9-5. A reminder to step away from it all and live!
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- Anonymous User
- 30-09-2020
I really love hiking story's
I loved this one the most, the only bad thing is the end came too quick. I loved the little sexy bits and raw nature of of the story cause let's face it your going to pop, swear and have sex in that 6 months no point fairying around it.
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- Douglas
- 11-05-2018
Again and again
Love to hear about the burbling creeks, and going on a journey through heart, time and space.
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- Justin
- 06-02-2018
Great through hike book.
Captured the highs and lows of hiker life. Gave me confidence in hiking more and what to prepare for. Honest book showing it's not all perfect but worth it. Great read.
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