To Walk It Is To See It

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Martin speaks with author Kathy Elkind about her newly released
memoir, To Walk It Is To See It: 1 Couple, 98 Days, 1400 Miles on Europe’s GR5.

About the author:

Kathy Elkind is a long-distance walker, writer, and speaker. Along with her husband she has walked the GR5, the Anda\xadlusian Coast to Coast Walk in Southern Spain, and parts of the Cammino Mater\xadano in Italy. She can be reached at www.kathyelkind.com. Kathy lives in the Mad River Valley of Vermont. TO WALK IT IS TO SEE IT is her first book.

DESCRIPTION:

In 2018, Kathy Elkind and her husband decided to take a grown-up “gap year” in Europe and walk the 1,400-mile Grande Randonnée Cinq (GR5) across The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.

At fifty-seven, Kathy has chosen comfort over hardship: Unlike the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Coast Trail, the GR5 winds from village to village instead of campsite to campsite. She and Jim get to indulge in warm beds and delicious regional food every night and croissants in the mornings. The GR5 is not all comfort. Walking day after day for ninety-eight days bring sickness, accommodation struggles, language barriers, and storm-shrouded mountains in the Alps. Meanwhile, Kathy finds herself reflecting on difficult topics; primarily, her struggles with dyslexia, overeating, and shame. She discovers her own wise strength; and as the days unfold, she comes to the gratifying realization that a long marriage is like a long trail: there are ups and downs and it takes hard work to keep going, but the beauty along the way is staggering.

Written with raw honesty and compassion, and rich with dazzling scenery, To Walk It Is To See It will inspire you to lace up your walking shoes and discover your own path.

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0:00.0	This episode of Pop Bear Hikes has been brought to you by Avalon Publicity.
0:04.5	Avalon Publicity, increasing the digital footprint of content creators and
0:08.2	skilled professionals via website development and social media services.
0:11.8	For more information about Avalon Publicity, go to their website www.AvalonBusiness.org
0:16.4	as www.AvalonBusiness.org
0:19.5	Today's guest, with her husband, took a growing up gap trip in 2018 to walk the GR5 in Europe.
0:27.5	Then she wrote a memoir about the adventure, called To Walk It Is To See It.
0:32.3	One couple, 98 days, 1400 miles on Europe's GR5.
0:37.7	She and her husband have also walked routes in southern Spain, Italy, after discovering
0:42.1	to a model's walk.
0:47.6	Kathy Elkheim, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.
0:51.0	Thank you, Martin. It's great to be here.
0:53.0	Let's start by telling us a little bit about you.
0:56.6	Let's see, I've been many different things.
0:58.7	I've been a teacher.
1:00.7	I have raised two children, so I was a stay at a mom for a while.
1:08.4	And then I went back to tutoring readings.
1:12.3	I've worked with kids quite a bit.
1:14.3	I also, let's see, well, it's about done.
1:19.2	I've also been an eating psychology coach because I struggled with overeating
1:25.2	because of the shame from dyslexia, which is kind of a longer story.
1:30.0	What else have I done?
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