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"""Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, and wildflower-studded meadows."" -Barbara Olson Lawrence, author of the forthcoming Drawing Water Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike ""the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world,"" the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they ""adopt"" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the thrill of walking through a towering waterfall, and the joy of dancing among midnight moonshadows. For a month, they live immersed in vast natural beauty, tackle the trail's physical demands, and find camaraderie among an ensemble cast of eccentric trail characters. Together, they are pulled forward toward the trail's end atop the highest peak in the High Sierra, Mt. Whitney, and the culmination of their transformative journey. Force of Nature is equal parts gripping adventure tale, personal memoir, and vivid nature writing."

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"""Three women set out to conquer the John Muir Trail in Griffin's debut memoir. An inspiring, empowering memoir by a talented new author."" -Kirkus Reviews ""Author Joan M Griffin's storytelling brings this remarkable journey to life, making it a must-read for both adventure enthusiasts and nature lovers that really delves deep into the importance of the journey rather than just the trek itself."" -Readers' Favorite ""See the beauty, feel the pain, experience the magic."" -Arnold Marsden, author of Muir Trail Magic and veteran of the JMT ""Come along on the adventure of your life!"" -Dierdre Wolownick, author of The Sharp End of Life and the oldest woman to climb El Capitan ""Force of Nature made me ache to get back on the trail."" -Patricia Dove Miller, author of Bamboo Secrets ""Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, and wildflower-studded meadows."" -Barbara Olson Lawrence, author of the forthcoming Drawing Water"

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Joan lives under the spell of wanderlust. She takes wing, whenever possible, for actual destinations near and far and for literary locales in the pages of books. A third-generation Californian and proud UCLA Bruin, Joan lives in the Northern California foothills of the majestic Sierra Nevada, a world she loves exploring. Joan navigated her way through two careers-marketing computers, then sailboats-before applying her love of storytelling to her dual passions for teaching and writing.

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