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Joey Shonka

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in Bayport, NY, The United States

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https://joeyshonka.com/

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Nonfiction, Travel, Memoir

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I’m Joey Shonka, a wanderer who traded lab coats for dusty trails and a biochemist’s precision for the wild pulse of the unknown. My life’s work? Chasing horizons—whether it’s the jagged spine of the Andes or the quiet truths hidden in a single step. Born with an itch for discovery, I’ve always been more at home in the dirt than in a desk chair.

As a biochemist, I studied life’s smallest miracles—elusive protein molecules—until the call of the open trail grew louder. So I became a long-distance hiker, conquering North America’s Triple Crown of Hiking (Appalachian, Pacific Crest, Continental Divide) and logging over 10,000 miles under my boots. But my greatest adventure was yet to come.

On a Nicaraguan beach beneath a sloth’s troubled gaze, I ...more

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	The Appalachian Trail: Darkness in the Light (The Triple Crown of Trails Series Book 1) 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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 Pacific Crest Trail: An American Nomad (The Triple Crown of Trails Series Book 2) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Continental Divide Trail: A Strong West Wind (The Triple Crown of Trails Series Book 3) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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 Caminante: Book 1 of 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Illegal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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