I’ve been reading about a new film, Wild, for a few weeks now and it looks like it will be the top walkers’ film for 2014. It tells the story of a young woman with a number of problems who undertakes the arduous Pacific Crest Trail for all those reasons we walkers approach any pilgrimage. This is described as one of the finest and most demanding trail walks in the world, passing through every environment between Mexico and British Columbia.
The film is based on the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail written by Cheryl Strayed. Talk about people whose names predict their lives!The book jacket says:
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone.
Critics are raving about the performance of Reese Witherspoon as the author. Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, fresh from The Dallas Buyers Club success has apparently done an extraordinary job. Lots of Oscar buzz around this 2 hour epic.
For the trailer - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/
For Cheryl Strayed’s website - http://www.cherylstrayed.com/wild_108676.htm
Yours , on the journey,
Ray
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet
Thich Nhat Hahn
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