Cindy Ross

Cindy Ross is the author of six books, including her first, A Woman’s Journey on the Appalachian Trail, which has been in print for nearly 35 years and has become a hiking classic.

A former contributing editor for Backpacker Magazine, her column “Everyday Wisdom” was one of that publication’s most popular features for several years, and the basis of a bestselling book.

Ross’s work, most often on the gifts of recreation, the natural world, and travel, has a