Blog post assignment 4

The quote I used from chapter 8 is as follows. “I was a terrible believer in things, but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was skeptical. I didn’t know where to put my faith, or if there was such a place, or even precisely what the word faith meant, in all of its complexity. Everything seemed to be possibly potent and possibly fake.” Does the quotation indicate a conflict? Yes.  If so, what conflict? The conflict is that Cheryl wants to to have faith in her beliefs however she is met with disappointment. Does the quotation characterize Cheryl, Paul, her mother, or another character? If so, in what way does 
it characterize?  The quote characterizes Cheryl because in the beginning she prayed that her mother would live a little bit longer but she dies much later than what the doctor had said.

Blog post assignment 3

The name of the article I read is called "the wild effect". One interesting fact I found was that Americans who said they went hiking at least once increased by 15% from 2007 to 2013. One interesting detail I found was that before the book was published around 300 people would take out permits to attempt the full hike.  And my one question I had was that since over a thousand people go on the PCT just how many more people will go as time goes by?. The link to find this article is right here:http://mashable.com/2015/05/17/pacific-crest-trail-wild-effect/#jLGQerg6akqm.