Congratulations Emily.
Quite a feat.
I like that she was able to use other people’s homes when it got really cold. In terms of her larger goal of race relations - I bet that led to some nice things. I’m guessing that many/most of the homes were white folks in rural Wisconsin.
I was reading an article about a “self-supported” hike in the Northwest along the Cascades. I don’t recall how long it takes. (Ok- had to look it up, the record is 71 days, 38 miles per day) The article was about some gal that attempted it but failed recently. (But she’ll try again with better preparation).
But by “self-supported” they can’t pick berries to eat or other wildlife, no help from others, not even a drink of water from somebody. Hmm. I’m guessing that they are allowed to drink water from a creek? Pretty impossible to carry 71 days of water on you!