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Carrot Quinn

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Born

Anchorage, Alaska, The United States

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http://carrotquinn.com/

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Memoir, Travel, Ebooks

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December 2009

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I'm a writer and a long-distance hiker.

You can read more of my adventures and essays on my blog- carrotquinn.com

My instagram is @carrotquinn - instagram.com/carrotquinn ...more

Learn to make a cross-country route in caltopo. Navigate remote canyons, scramble on slickrock, hike in streams. Follow use trails and sleep on warm sand under the moon. Leave feeling confident enough with your new skills to plan a similar desert backpacking trip of your own. Two trips- one for women, trans and non-binary people and one open to everyone. An extremely good time!

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Average rating: 4.11 · 7,978 ratings · 900 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.10 avg rating — 5,792 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West 4.16 avg rating — 1,928 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bets 4.30 avg rating — 141 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Thousand Miles by Freight Train: A Memoir of Beauty and Freedom on the Rails 3.47 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duckabush Fire: A Story of Adventure in the Wilderness 3.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart by Carrot Quinn (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I remember reading somewhere that there are only two possible prayers: “help me” and “thank you.” “Thank you,” I say to the universe, before I fall asleep.”
― Carrot Quinn, Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

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“no place is how you expect it to be, and the best thing to do is to not want things in the first place.”
― Carrot Quinn, Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

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“They say there's a long, narrow ribbon of space-time that stretches from Mexico to Canada. I hear you can live there, for a little while, as long as you keep moving. But be careful, it will break your heart. ”
― Carrot Quinn, Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

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