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Sounds like you should write a book!
by ryanwaggoner 3y ago
Sounds like you should write a book!
- trhr 3y agoThey already have one, which was a partial inspiration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain Required reading for 5th graders, imo. At the end of the day, it's not much different than the thousands of people who hike the PCT every year. I just... didn't walk anywhere. It was so long ago that I could no more get a book out of it than I could get a book out of "what I did last year." I just... don't remember the details. I remember admitting to myself that I could see ghosts and the moment I figured out why I saw them. I remember the day the air changed and I knew I could either stay another winter or leave. But most days were just, "fill the water, boil the water, make the food, mend the clothes, gather the firewood, tend the fire, sleep."
- dieselgate 3y agoMy Side of The Mountain was a good book from what I can remember - read it in 2/3 grade and often think about the spatial constraints of living in a tree trunk when I'm out, in reference to this. Intentionally came to HN this morning to look if you had posted any follow ups; cheers