Take a Hike with National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis at Your Lewis & Clark Library
June 4, 2018 (Helena, MT)—Your Lewis & Clark Library is pleased to welcome
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis for a Book Reading and Hike on Saturday, June 16 at 2 PM.
Jennifer Pharr Davis is a hiker, author, adventure speaker, and the 2012 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. She has covered over 12,000 miles of long distance trails on six different continents and has hiked with her husband and two year old daughter in all fifty states. She will be reading from her latest book, The Pursuit of Endurance. Jennifer's hour-long program will involve storytelling, slides shows, readings from her book, and Q&A. Following the program, Jennifer will be signing copies of The Pursuit of Endurance, which Kirkus Reviews has called "a captivating narrative guidebook that will inspire readers to test their own limits, on the trail and off." At the conclusion of the talk and book signing, Jennifer will lead participants on a hike.
"In her latest book The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience, Jennifer reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles the incredible accomplishments of leading athletes in the world of endurance hiking, backpacking, and trail running. With a storyteller's ear for detail and description, Davis distills complex rituals and histories into easy to understand tips and action items that will empowers readers to leverage new-found grit and achieve personal bests in everything from sports and family to the boardroom.
In 2011, she covered the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail in forty-six days, eleven hours, and twenty minutes, maintaining a remarkable average of forty-seven miles per day. By doing this, she claimed the overall (male or female) fastest known time on the "A.T." and became the first woman to set that mark.
Jennifer has written five books, including three North Carolina guidebooks and two
hiking memoirs called Becoming Odyssa and Called Again. She has also written articles for Blue Ridge Outdoors and Trail Runner magazines and has contributed to articles in
Backpacker, Men's Journal, and National Geographic Adventure.
Please join us on Saturday, June 16th at 2PM for Jennifer Pharr Davis’ book talk, signing, and hike. This event is free and open to everyone. Montana Book & Toy Co will be on hand to sell copies of Jennifer Pharr Davis’ book.
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