“Thru-hiking started to feel like a compulsion: I had to hike the same way I had to breathe,” writes Eloise Robbins. After she fell in love with another thru-hiker on the PCT, she uprooted her life to be with him in Canada. Deprived of a job, a community, and most of all–mountains, Eloise wondered if the sacrifice for love was worth it.

Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto  •  Brooks by Kai Engel  •  Ghost Dance by Ken Christianson  •  Firediary5 by Ken Christianson  •  Delivered by Brendan O’Connell •   Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.