And when tragedy strikes, she learns that she can depend on other people to help her in times of need. The trail is full of unexpected kindness, generosity, and humor. Read 'Becoming Odyssa Adventures on the Appalachian Trail' by Jennifer Pharr Davis available from Rakuten Kobo. With every step she takes, Jennifer transitions from an over-confident college graduate to a student of the trail, braving situations she never imagined before her thru-hike. Travel > Travel Tips Travel > Essays & Travelogues Biography &. She quickly discovers that thru-hiking is harder than she had imagined: coping with blisters and aching shoulders from the 30-pound pack she carries sleeping on the hard wooden floors of trail shelters hiking through endless torrents of rain and even a blizzard.
The next four months are the most physically and emotionally challenging of her life. Though her friends and family think she's crazy, she sets out alone to hike the trail, hoping it will give her time to think about what she wants to do next. She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2175-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine. (Nov.After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. These days, the word amateur is usually used disparagingly, and in some ways that applies here%E2%80%94the book feels homemade, and the writing is often clunky%E2%80%94but the root of the word is love: amateurs pursue activities for love, not money, and that's what shines through in Davis's record of a difficult, painful, and exhilarating world. Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Pharr Davis (2011) After college and seeking direction in life, Jennifer Pharr Davis thru-hikes 2,175 miles from Georgia to Maine. Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail By Jennifer Pharr Davis Cover Image.
Though the book opens the night before Davis's record-breaking hike, this is actually the story of her first thru-hike, undertaken as a new college grad who, despite limited hiking experience, felt "called." It's the story of her becoming "Odyssa," her chosen trail name. is not only a hike, but a subculture: a community where everyone has a trail name, where there are well-placed hiker huts, trail-side towns whose main economy is supporting hikers, complicated trail etiquette, regular occurrences of trail magic, and a recurring cast of freaks and Christians, show-offs and loners, and experts and beginners. Becoming Odyssa Starting in Spring atop Springer Mountain in Georgia and ending on Mount Katahdin in Maine, Jennifer hike the full 2,175 miles of the AT in four and a half months. Davis is the record holder for the women's supported hike (2,175 miles in 57 days, with someone carrying her supplies) in the Appalachian Trail, which runs between Mount Katahdin in Maine and Springer Mountain in Georgia. Her story, Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, is a retelling of her 2005 journey on the Appalachian Trail (AT).
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