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The main word I feel for these last ten years and the wild ride I've been on is gratitude.

Thank you, universe, thank you, whatever, whoever brought this magic into my life.

It's been a decade since Cheryl Strait published her best-selling memoir, Wild,

from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.

The book chronicles her experience hiking the PCT in 1995 when she was 26 years old

and grappling with the death of her mother, the end of her marriage, and an addiction to heroin.

The memoir details Cheryl's 94-day 1,100-mile hike from California's Mahave Desert to Bridge of the Gods,

which spans the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, all while carrying a pack more than half her weight.

In the opening scene, one of her ill-fitting boots falls over the edge of a cliff,

and in a rage, she sends the other one after it.

In the ten years since Wild was published, it has made serious tracks.

Here's the highlight reel.

Just months following publication, Wild was picked for Oprah's Book Club.

Soon after, it became a number one New York Times bestseller.

And in the years that followed, it earned numerous awards and was translated into 30 languages.

Maybe you were one of the many who read it.

And if you didn't, you might have seen the movie.

Cheryl's story was adapted into a film in 2014.

She was portrayed by Reese Witherspoon, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role.

Cheryl has published two more books since.

One of which contained essays from the anonymous advice column she wrote called Dear Sugar,

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