Zero Days
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In April 2004, Barbara Egbert and Gary Chambers and their precocious 10-year-old daughter Mary embarked on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada along the famed Pacific Crest Trail. This the well-told tale of their epic adventure, which required love, perseverance, and the careful rationing of toilet paper. Six months later, Mary would become the youngest person ever to successfully walk the entire trail.The trio weathered the heat of the Mojave, the jagged peaks of the Sierra, the rain of Oregon, and the final cold stretch through the Northern Cascades. They discovered which family values, from love and equality to thrift and cleanliness, could withstand a long, narrow trail and 137 nights together in a 6-by-8-foot tent. Filled with tidbits of wisdom, practical advice, and humor, this story will both entertain and inspire readers to dream about and plan their own epic journey.
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“Although Egbert makes it clear that nobody but a long-distance hiker can truly understand what it’s like to tackle a thru-hike, her book provides an overarching picture of a hike that comes as close to conveying understanding as any second-hand account can. Her 10-year-old daughter Scrambler’s enthusiasm for the trail is apparent and contagious. That Scrambler is the youngest person on record as having completed the PCT is an extraordinary feat in itself, but what is truly inspirational about ‘the Blighs’ is their ability to take on this adventure as a family, and stay together through sun and snow, blisters and mosquitoes, and even too much togetherness. This is a great read for anyone who has ever thought of hiking the PCT, or of introducing a child to backpacking.”
—Liz Bergeron,
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As a family, we became known on the trail as “the Blighs.”
Finally, we were ready to go—more than ready, in fact. Coping with the months of preparation, advance bill-paying, and arrangements to take off from work and school and to have the house and pets and cars taken care of left us with one burning desire: to start walking. So on April 8, 2004, a friend dropped us off at the border. We shouldered our packs, faced north, and began putting one foot in front of the other, on our way to Canada.
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