Wild vs. Tracks

WILD TRACKS Vs. by Cheryl Strayed by Robyn Davidson LOCATION Pacific Australian Northwest Outback TERRAIN Desert, mountains, ice caps, Desert and more desert you name it MOTIVATION "To be alone, to test, "I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a to push, to unclog my brain of all its extraneous debris, not to be protected, to be stripped of all the social crutches. . ." room could ameliorate." COMPANIONS "Monster" the backpack and the poems of Adrienne Rich A faithful dog and four cranky camels NOTABLE INJURY Six detached toenails and A severe case of cystitis sustained after bathing in freezing-cold water battered and blackened feet from hiking in too-small boots PLAYED IN THE FILM VERSION BY Reese Mia Witherspoon Wasikowska OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA