Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley by Andersen, Withanee

Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647791063)

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Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley by Andersen, Withanee

Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley

$24.95
Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley by Andersen, Withanee

Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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Following in her father's footsteps, Withanee Andersen begins the expedition of a lifetime when she and her comrades embark on a trek from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley, tracing the rugged path her father, Jim Andersen, traversed forty-three years earlier.

With hopes of being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, Jim led the first documented walk from the highest to lowest point in the contiguous United States­ in 1974. He lived, albeit just barely, to tell the tale to his daughter, sparking a desire in Withanee to retrace his steps in his honor. In 2017, she took on the incredible task of recreating Jim's legacy trek of 131 miles with the help of divine intervention, ice-cold beer, and her parents, who were following along as the support party.

Walk of Ages humorously relates the parallel journey of an epic adventure told from two perspectives-a daughter's difficult quest, and a father who supports her through it while recalling his own experiences from four decades earlier. Throughout this momentous odyssey, readers will realize how a once-in-a-generation adventure leads to life-changing transformation, and that the bond between father and daughter knows no bounds.


Author: Withanee Andersen, Jim Andersen
ISBN-10: 1647791065
ISBN-13: 9781647791063
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2024
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d
By Withanee Andersen
By Withanee Andersen
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Withanee Andersen earned her bachelor's degree from the Reynold's School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her first published article was included in Sagebrushed: Coming of Age and Working in Nevada. She was a wildland firefighter for many years and is now the communications coordinator for the City of Sparks in Nevada.

Jim Andersen (1944-2022) was a freelance writer whose career began in 1980 with Nevada Magazine. He also wrote for the Battle Mountain Bugle and the Reese River Reveille. In 2005, he received first place from the Nevada Press Association for the Best Local Non-Staff Column. He is the author of Lost in Austin: A Nevada Memoir and Sometimes a Great notions, Isn't, so much. This book is his final work.

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