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Downtown Bend: Heather "Anish" Anderson, Triple Crown Backpacker

Heather  Event Type: Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 6/1/2019
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Description:
 Triple Crown backpacker details her incredible journeys on the trail.

Named "National Geographic Adventurer of the Year," Anish Heather Anderson boasts many titles, including:
Endurance Adventurer, Trail Runner, Thru-Hiker, Author, Speaker
and Ultimate Direction Fastest Known Time of the Year.

Heather, known as "Anish" on trails, became the second female to complete the ¡°Double Triple Crown of Backpacking¡± in 2017. This entails completing the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide National Scenic Trails each twice. In 2018 she simultaneously became the first female Triple Triple Crowner and the first female Calendar Year Triple Crowner when she hiked all three of those trails in one March-November season.

She also holds the overall self-supported Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the Pacific Crest Trail (2013)¨Chiking it in 60 days, 17 hours, 12 min, which broke the previous men's record by four days and established the first female record. She holds the female self-supported FKT on the Appalachian Trail (2015) in a time of 54 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes, and the Arizona Trail (2016) which she completed in 19 days, 17 hours, 9 minutes.

She has hiked nearly 30,000 miles since 2003 including 13 thru-hikes:
¡ñ Appalachian Trail in 2003, 2015, and 2018
¡ñ Pacific Crest Trail in 2005, 2013, and 2018
¡ñ Continental Divide Trail in 2006, 2017, and 2018
¡ñ John Muir Trail in 2005
¡ñ Wonderland Trail in 2010
¡ñ Arizona Trail in 2016
¡ñ Oregon Desert Trail in 2017

She is an ultra-marathon runner and has completed six 100 mile races since August 2011 as well as dozens of 50k and 50 mile events. She has attempted the infamous Barkley Marathons four times, starting a third loop once. She is also an avid mountaineer and peakbagger working on several ascent lists in the US and abroad.

Anish speaks regularly about her adventures and her first book "Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home" (chronicling her Pacific Crest Trail record, published by the non-profit publisher Mountaineers Books, is available everywhere books are sold. Books will be available at the event, with a signing to follow.

As a professional speaker, her talks are sought after for their adventure stories, humor, and the applications of trail lessons to life off the trail.

In this talk, Anish will discuss her new book, "Thirst: 2,600 Miles to Home." Q & A and book signing to follow.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/2019/02/national-geographic-2019-adventurers-of-the-year/heather-anderson-hiker/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgDeh2XDNY4


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Library: Downtown Bend Public Library
Location: Brooks Room
Contact: Paige M. Ferro
Contact Number: 541-312-1063
Presenter: Heather
Link: Thirst: 2,600 Miles to Home