Ergebnis für "The Trail" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

The Trail is a moving story of how nature helps us find what’s missing in our lives. The tale begins with Gil, who in the wake of his father’s death and recently fired from his job, agrees to accompany his father’s old hiking partner Syd on a month-long trek on the John Muir Trail. There’s just one problem: Gil hates camping and is woefully unprepared for the rigors of the journey. Moreover, he soon learns Syd may not survive the hike.

Disillusioned by the corporate lifestyle, David finds himself unemployed and desperate for change. Bradley, his older, more adventurous, and slightly-wreckless college fraternity brother presents an enticing offer. Just a few weeks later, the two inexperienced hopefuls abandon society and plunge into a soul-searching sojourn to thru-hike the Pacific Crest trail, a 2,650-mile Mexico-to-Canada footpath - barefoot. At the trail’s mercy from day one, the two hikers face the endless pains of walking, rising tensions, and falling behind to the coming winter.

From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies. ​ As a park ranger with the National...

Abenteuer Langstreckenwandern – 12.700 Kilometer zu Fuß. Als Christine Thürmer gekündigt wird, beschließt sie, sich eine Auszeit zu nehmen und auf dem Pacific Crest Trail von Mexiko nach Kanada zu wandern – 4277 Kilometer. Eigentlich unsportlich und ohne Erfahrung bricht sie zu ihrem Abenteuer auf und schafft es tatsächlich bis ans Ziel. Und sie wandert weiter, läuft 2007 den Continental Divide Trail und 2008 den Appalachian Trail.

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's...

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46-day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail. Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners. Renowned for his remarkable...

Es beginnt als harmlose Wanderung im idyllischen Boquete: Lisanne Froon und Kris Kremers, zwei junge Niederländerinnen, brechen zu einer Tour auf dem malerischen Pianista Trail auf. Als die beiden nicht zurückkehren, setzt eine beispiellose Suchaktion ein: Einheimische, Polizei, Rettungskräfte - ganz Panama scheint in Bewegung. Nach qualvollen zehn Wochen wird ein Rucksack im Flussbett des Río Culebra gefunden - kilometerweit vom ursprünglichen Wanderweg entfernt. Die Erleichterung über den Fund währt kurz.

Die letzten Antworten liegen im Verborgenen - bis jetzt. Dies ist die vierte und letzte Episode von Verschollen in Panama . In dieser Hörbuch-Serie rollen die Autoren Christian Hardinghaus und Annette Nenner einen der mysteriösesten Cold Cases neu auf und beleuchten die unzähligen Ungereimtheiten im Fall Kris Kremers und Lisanne Froon. In dieser abschließenden Folge stehen Antworten und Fragen im Raum, die nach all den Jahren immer noch zweifelhaft sind.

Jede Episode beleuchtet neue Facetten des Falls und trennt Fakten von wilden Gerüchten. Der Fall Kris und Lisanne beflügelt die Fantasie von Internet-Detektiven weltweit, die ihre eigenen, oft bizarren Theorien entwickeln. Die Untersuchung folgt den Spuren der Unfalltheorien und zeigt auf, warum selbst erfahrene Wanderer an den offiziellen Erklärungen zweifeln.

In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board member Barney Scout Mann spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble story unfolds as these half-dozen hikers - including Barney and his wife, Sandy - trod north, slowly forming relationships and revealing their deepest secrets and aspirations. They face a once-in-a-generation drought and early severe winter storms that test their will in this bare-knuckled adventure.

Der Fund des Rucksacks und der menschlichen Überreste von Kris und Lisanne schockiert die Welt und wirft mehr Fragen auf, als er beantwortet. In dieser Episode tauchen die Autoren tief in die offiziellen Ermittlungen ein, die von Anfang an von unerklärlichen Fehlern geprägt sind. Der forensische Bericht aus den Niederlanden enthüllt erschreckende Details: Die Mädchen könnten elf Tage nach ihrem Verschwinden noch gelebt haben, ihre Handys wurden auf mysteriöse Weise bedient, die auf eine Benutzung durch Dritte hinweist.

Susie Chan is an icon of endurance running. Since taking up running at the age of 35, she has completed the legendary Marathon des Sables more times than any other British woman, set the 12-hour treadmill World Record and was one of the first women to finish all the World Marathon Majors. Susie’s story is an inspirational fight against the odds. From leaving a dysfunctional marriage, managing as a single mum and tackling cancer treatment, Susie has had her fair share of adversity. Throughout it all, running has kept her going.

Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the Internet. The city makes her numb, and she's having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move, she breaks away from everything to walk 2,660 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. It will be her first long-distance hike.

More than fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his murder continues to haunt the American psyche and stands as a turning point in our nation's history. The Warren Commission rushed out its report in 1964, but questions continue to linger: Was there a conspiracy? Was there a coup at the highest levels of government? On the Trail of the Assassins—the primary source material for Oliver Stone's hit film JFK—is Garrison's own account of his investigations into the background of Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy.

Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made...

Within the audio of The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories, you'll hear the voices - many for the first time - of some of Ted Bundy's friends, as they bring to light the secrets of what is was like to know him while he was actively involved in murder. The stories of his victims are here as well, as told by their friends, including the information and anecdotes that didn't make it into the investigative files and are being published here for the first time.

Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it."

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013, Heather “Anish” Anderson still had such deep-seated insecurities that she became convinced her feat had been a fluke. So two years later she set out again, this time hiking through mud, rocks, and mountain blazes to crush her constant self-doubt and seek the true source of her strength and purpose. The 2,189 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Maine to Georgia, did not make it easy.

Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Tyler and his two brothers filled their days with chaotic fun, from playing hockey to building forts to making their own home movies. The household was also full of addiction and abuse that ultimately led to their father attempting to murder their mother on Christmas Eve 2007.

The long-awaited, full-force autobiography of American punk music hero, Bob Mould. Bob Mould stormed into America's punk rock scene in 1979, when clubs across the country were filling with kids dressed in black leather and torn denim, packing in to see bands like the Ramones, Black Flag, and the...