Chasing the Smokies Moon: An audacious 948-mile hike--fueled by love, loss, laughter, and lunacy

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The author and Chris Ford embark on an effort to set a world record by hiking all 150 trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 28 days. East is motivated by her harrowing experiences as a search and rescue volunteer and the desire to educate backcountry users about hiker safety. Through collaboration with Friends of the Smokies, the endurance hike becomes a fund raising effort to jump start a park-wide hiker safety program. East's participation in a recent search for a middle-aged mother in the Smokies propels East and the narrative along. The incredible adventure in involves hiking 948 miles of rough and rocky trails in less than a month. To accomplish their goal, they must hike and average of 32 miles per day, much of it at night, through torrential rains and across flooded streams. Their effort is nearly derailed by a bear mauling and various injuries, yet they endure. The enormous feat of endurance was one of the most grueling endeavors that Nancy, a mother and everyday athlete, had ever faced. However, the hardest thing she had endured was in her past. The strength she gained from that experience was now moving her forward, one difficult step at a time.Chasing the Smokies Moon is a story of grief, hope, empowerment, and love, and the thread that binds them all.