I once tried to walk a couple miles around a lake after having eaten only a couple donuts the entire day and didn't get very far. I couldn't imagine walking alone on the Appalachian Trail as a young female. We both spent part of 2005 in different areas of Maine. Jennifer Pharr Davis is like a superhero but better. Jennifer lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband Brew and their daughter Charley and son Gus. She is also a former board member for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and an ambassador for the American Hiking Society. She is also a professional speaker and the founder and owner of Blue Ridge Hiking Company, a guiding service that strives “to make the wilderness accessible and enjoyable” for hikers of all ages, genders, and ability levels. Jennifer has authored books and written articles for the New York Times, Outside magazine, Backpacker, and Trail Runner. Jennifer has also backpacked over 700 miles in her 2nd and 3rd Trimesters of Pregnancy, walked across the state of North Carolina while nursing her son, and set foot on a trail in all 50 states with her daughter. By doing this, she claimed the overall (male or female) fastest known time on the “A.T.” and became the first woman to set the mark. In 2011, Jennifer covered the 2,185-mile Appalachian Trail in forty-six days, eleven hours, and twenty minutes, maintaining a remarkable average of forty-seven miles per day.
Jennifer Pharr Davis is a hiker, author, speaker, and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year who has covered over 14,000 miles of long distance trails on six different continents. And she learns that the Appalachian Trails is more than a 2,175 mile hike: it is a journey that will change a person forever.
As she travels along the ridges of the ancient mountain chain, she realizes that she isn't walking through nature-she realizes she is part of nature. With every step she takes, Jennifer transitions from an over-confident college graduate to a student of the trail. But even at her lowest points, it provides enduring friendships, unexpected laughter, and the gift of self-discovery. The trail becomes a modern day Odyssey that tests Jennifer's faith in God, humanity and herself. The next five months are the most physically and emotionally challenging of her life-coping with blisters and aching shoulders, hiking through endless torrents of rain and a blizzard, facing unwanted company and encountering tragedy. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along on the long-distance footpath that stretches 2, 175 miles from Georgia to Maine. After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life.
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