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How Cheryl Strayed Found Her Path - Interview Magazine

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After years of grasping to come to terms with her mother's death, Cheryl Strayed found a book on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. She quickly decided to attempt it.

How Cheryl Strayed Found Her Path By Jennifer Sky March 19, 2012 PHOTO COURTESY OF JONI KABANA Cheryl Strayed was 22 when she first brought her mother through the doors of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. In weeks, she watched her mother pale, wither, and pass away. After years of grasping to come to terms with her mother’s death, she found a book on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. She quickly decided to attempt it. The thing was, she had never backpacked before and was set on going out alone-a beautiful blonde woman determined to hike ice, rock, and snow for over a thousand miles. Her new

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