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'I Promise Not to Suffer': Adventures on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cascades/Glacier Peak Wilderness
Cascades/Glacier Peak Wilderness
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Randy and Sharon Green
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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'I Promise Not to Suffer': Adventures on the Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from the border of Mexico, up through California, Oregon and Washington, all the way to Canada. It's a 2,663 mile trek that runs through scorching desert filled with snakes and bugs heavy snow in the High Sierra.

But that didn't stop writer Gail Storey. She and her husband Porter decided to sell their house in Houston and take on the Pacific Crest Trail. It's an adventure she writes about in the book "I Promise Not To Suffer." She joins us now to talk more about her adventure.