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by Bethany Adams

A thru-hike through mountains and personal change

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A thru-hike through mountains and personal change

Bethany Adams’s memoir centers on a record-setting thru-hike of the Adirondack 46 High Peaks with hiking partner Katie Rhodes. The mountain challenge is also a setting for questions of companionship, women’s capabilities in the outdoors, and what support means across life, love, and adventure. As Adams reckons with the dissolution of her marriage, the trail connects an ambitious physical undertaking with a period of personal change.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in memoirs that combine outdoor adventure with personal reflection.
  • Hikers and readers curious about the Adirondack 46 High Peaks.
  • Readers drawn to accounts of women’s experiences in the mountains and the role of companionship.

Themes

Thru-hiking and outdoor adventureWomen in the mountainsCompanionship and supportMarriage and personal change

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Book overview

Unsupported follows Bethany Adams (contributor to Blood Sweat Tears) and her hiking partner, Katie Rhodes on their record-setting thru-hike of the Adirondack 46 High Peaks. Adams and Rhodes face the challenges of the trail head-on, and with each other's constant companionship, buoyed by their fierce desire to prove just what women can do in the mountains. Through her time on trail, Adams is forced to reckon with the dissolution of her marriage, and what it means to be supported in life, love, and adventure.

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