A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.

The ten thousand things -- Splitting -- Hunching in a remotely upright position -- The Pacific Crest Trail, volume I : California -- Tracks -- A bull in both directions -- The only girl in the woods -- Corvidology -- Staying found -- Range of light -- The lou out of lou -- This far -- The accumulation of trees -- Wild -- Box of rain -- Mazama -- Into a primal gear -- The queen of the PCT -- The dream of a common language.