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01772aam a2200277Ia 4500 001 F015DC38084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 230906s2023 txu g 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1685132812 020 $a 9781685132811 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Griffin, Joan M., $d 1932- 245 10 $a Force of nature : $b three women tackle the John Muir Trail / $c Joan M. Griffin. 264 1 $a Texas : $b Black Rose Writing, $c 2023. 300 $a 378 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike "the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world," the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they "adopt" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. 520 $a The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the thrill of walking through a towering waterfall, and the joy of dancing among midnight moonshadows. For a month, they live immersed in vast natural beauty, tackle the trail's physical demands, and find camaraderie among an ensemble cast of eccentric trail characters. Together, they are pulled forward toward the trail's end atop the highest peak in the High Sierra, Mt. Whitney, and the culmination of their transformative journey. 650 0 $a Hiking $z John Muir Trail. $z John Muir Trail. 600 10 $a Griffin, Joan M., $d 1932- 650 7 $a Sacramento area authors. $2 local 650 0 $a Backpacking $z John Muir Trail. $z John Muir Trail. 651 0 $a John Muir Trail (Calif.) 941 $a 1 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20240502014709.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F015DC38084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search