7 Reasons Your Next Trip Should Be a Hiking Destination
Escape (or return) to the real world.
6 min readMay 25, 2021
In her book, Wild, Cheryl Strayed recounts her experience hiking the Pacific Crest Trail after the loss of her mother and the breakup of her marriage. Originally, she set out on the trail with the daily intention to “weep tears of cathartic sorrow and restorative joy” and imagined “endless meditations on…