Hiking the Continental Divide Trail: One Woman's Journey - Paperback
by Jennifer a. Hanson (Author)
5 States, 148 Hiking Days, 25 Supply Points, 130 Maps
br>A how-to adventure for both armchair and real-life hikers. Foreword by Steve Dudley, Executive Director of the Continental Divide Trail Alliance.
Jennifer A. Hanson was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1959 while her father was stationed there with the U.S. Army. She graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1981 and became an avid back-packer and outdoorswoman. In addition to thru-hiking the 2,414-mile Continental Divide Trail, Jennifer has completed the northern third of the Appalachian Trail, most of Vermont's Long Trail, back-packed in the Canadian Rockies and has climbed to the highest point in a dozen states across the country. She has been employed as an Appalachian Trail Ridge Runner and has served as a Local Hike Reporter for www.LocalHikes.com. Her website offers tips for hikers as well as more photographs and anecdotes from her CDT thru-hike. Jennifer also enjoys snow-shoeing and alpine skiing, and delights in teaching these skills to others, especially youngsters. She is the owner of Hanson Financial Services, a computer consulting company, and lives in upstate New York with her partner, Denise Watso, and their two children.
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