Thousand-Miler: Adventures Hiking the Ice Age Trail Audiobook (Free)

In thirty-six thrilling days, Melanie Radzicki McManus hiked 1,100 miles around Wisconsin, landing her in the elite group of Ice Age Trail thru-hikers known as the Thousand-Milers. In prose that’s alternately harrowing and humorous, Thousand-Miler takes you with her through Wisconsin’s forests, prairies, wetlands, and farms, past the geologic wonders carved by long-ago glaciers, and in to the neighborhood bars and gathering areas of far-flung little towns. Follow along as she worries about about Thousand-Miler: Activities Hiking the Ice Age Trail animals encounters, wonders if her wounded foot will ever recover, and searches for an elusive fellow hiker known as Papa Carry. Woven throughout her account are details of the history of the still-developing Snow Age Trail-one of just eleven National Scenic Trails-and helpful insight and strategies for undertaking an effective thru-hike.

Furthermore to chronicling McManus’s hike, Thousand-Miler also includes the little-told story of the Ice Age Trail’s first-ever thru-hiker Jim Staudacher, an account from the record-breaking thru-run of ultrarunner Jason Dorgan, the experiences of a young fight veteran who embarked on her behalf thru-hike in an effort to ease back into civilian life, and additional fascinating tales from the trail.