On the Beaten Path

“A beautiful story.”—Esquire “A book for the rest of us, who will never climb Annapurna but still need to do something to test our own physical and mental limits.”—National Geographic Adventure “Delightful. . . . [Rubin] writes humorously and honestly.”—Seattle Times “Engaging and enjoyable.”—Library Journal “Rubin opens his heart to hikers, people in the nearby towns and the reader, inviting everyone along to share both hardship and discovery. ... [He] tells a human tale of the search for meaning and the understandable need to reduce a complicated life to a simple passage from white blaze to white blaze, from town to town.”—News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina