A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft, and Ski
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* Compelling adventure with an environmental focus
* An informative natural and cultural history of one of our last wild coastlines
* Author is a pioneer in “packrafting,” an emerging trend in backcountry travel
In June 2007, Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, embarked on a 4,000-mile expedition from Seattle to the Aleutian Islands, traveling solely by human power. This is the story of their unprecedented trek along the northwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean-a year-long journey through some of the most rugged terrain in the world- and their encounters with rain, wind, blizzards, bears, and their own emotional and spiritual demons.
Erin and Hig set out from Seattle with a desire to raise awareness of natural resource and conservation issues along their route: clear-cut logging of rainforests; declining wild salmon populations; extraction of mineral resources; and effects of global climate change. By taking each mile step by step, they were able to intimately explore the coastal regions of Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska, see the wilderness in its larger context, and provide a unique on-the-ground perspective. An entertaining and, at times, thrilling adventure, theirs is a journey of discovery and of insights about the tiny communities that dot this wild coast, as well as the individuals there whom they meet and inspire.
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4,000 miles in 200 pages You might expect this book about a 4,000-mile two-person trip to pivot around the personal dynamics between author Erin McKittrick and her husband Hig, but it really doesn’t. Hig has maybe one full page of dialogue in the whole book; the fact that he’s there is often signified just by a change in pronoun: “we” rather than “I”.You might also expect the book would try to entertain readers with poetic descriptions of exotic places and perilous events, but again, it really doesn’t. A…
An amazing adventure in this modern age, from a thoughtful, strong female perspective, in the vein of “Two Women”, by Velma Wallis. It’s completely different than most adventure stories — more a matter-of-fact what-they-did with no braggadocio. Erin McKittrick’s writing is skilled, interesting, easily understood, kept me enthralled to the end, and has me eagerly looking forward to her next book.Erin and her husband, Hig, have another adventure under their belts already in which…