Third Blog on "A Walk in the Woods"

The book finished on a rather disappointing but reasonable ending, as Bryson and Katz never actually complete the Appalachian Trail. However, this makes sense because they embark on the journey in their late 40s, where some fit people in their early 20s do not get close to completing the trail. However, they made it a lot further than they were expected to, hiking 800 of the 2000 miles that the Trail encompasses. This was very inspiring, as this book teaches one of the most important lessons: never let your condition in life affect what you do. The odds were always against Bryson and Katz, as two older men that looked like they never hiked before in their life. However, this didn't stop the two, and together, through many different trials, they were able to conquer far more than what was expected of them. All in all, this book was amazing, and really taught me a lot of lessons as well as giving me a lot of knowledge on many different topics, most notably on the history of national parks and of different natural topics, which I find very intriguing. I am very glad that I read this book because it really inspired me to take strides in pursuing my passion of learning more about nature and how I personally can improve our planet in an ever advancing and damaging society. This book actually had a large impact on what I wanted to do in my future. For the longest time, I had thought I would go into mechanical or aerospace engineering, and strictly follow the traditional engineering path, but after reading this book, I was inspired to change my plan to major in environmental engineering, a major on the rise to counter the many environmental problems industrialization has put us in. After reading this novel, I was inspired to preserve the nature that Bryson experienced so the Appalachian Trail will still be there when I grow up, as well as for generations to come.