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Non-fiction review: Thirst, by Heather "Anish" Anderson

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I seem to have missed my Monday post. It appears that schedules are becoming less and less something I understand! This post will have to do for Monday and Wednesday. Let's hope I manage the weekend photos before the weekend is over!     Title: Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home Author: Heather "Anish" Anderson Publisher:  Tantor Audio, 2019. 6 hours. Originally published Mountaineers Books, 2019. Source: Library   Publisher's Blurb: By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)—a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains. In her new memoir, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home , Heather, whose trail name is "Anish," conveys not only her athleticism and wilderness adventures,