Uphill both ways Hiking toward happiness on the Colorado Trail

Andrea Lani

Large print - 2024

"In Uphill Both Ways, Andrea Lani walks us through the Southern Rockies, describing how the region has changed since the discovery of gold in 1859. At the same time, she delves into the history of her family, who immigrated to Leadville to work in the mines, and her own story of hiking the trail in her early twenties before returning two decades later, a depressed middle-aged mom in East Coast exile seeking happiness in a childhood landscape. On the 489-mile trek from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail, Lani's family traveled through stunning scenery and encountered wildflowers, wildlife, and too many other hikers. They ate cold oatmeal in a chilly, wet tent and experienced scorching heat, torrential thunderstorms, and the fi...rst nip of winter. Her kids grew in unimaginable ways, and they became known as "the family of five," an oddity along a trail populated primarily by solo men. As they inched along the trail, Lani began to exercise disused smile muscles, despite the challenges of hiking in a middle-aged body, maintaining her children's safety and happiness, and contending with marital discord. She learned that being a slow hiker does not make one a bad hiker and began to uncover the secret to happiness."--

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Subjects
Genres
Autobiographies
Travel writing
Large print books
Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Andrea Lani (author)
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition
Item Description
Regular print version previously published by University of Nebraska Press.
Includes appendix with equipment list.
Physical Description
447 pages (large print) : illustrations, photographs, map ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447).
ISBN
9798891640542
  • Headwaters
  • Succession
  • Backcountry
  • Disturbance
  • Bedrock
  • False summit
  • Watershed
  • Peaks and valleys
  • Range
  • Restoration
  • Tableland
  • Terminus.