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SUMMARY:Meet the Local Author: Brandon Weis
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet local author Brandon Weis on Saturday\, 
 December 14 at 2:00 pm! He will talk about his experiences in writing his 
 book\, This Is Gonna Hurt\, and will be available to sign books.\n\nThis is 
 Gonna Hurt is the embodiment of unrelenting pursuit of a singular goal\, no 
 matter how much pain\, adversity\, or hardship stood in the way. When 
 Brandon set out to hike over 7\,000 miles in a year\, he knew it was an 
 absurd and improbable goal\; he knew he would be alone nearly the whole 
 time\; and he knew there would be a lot of pain and struggle. But he also 
 knew that it would be more rewarding than he could ever imagine\, more 
 beautiful than he could dream of\, and when he did meet people\, they would 
 always be memorable characters. He also knew that he would do it. He was 
 going to get there or die trying. While this mindset may not be the most 
 healthy\, he believed it was necessary to achieve something truly 
 great.\n\nBrandon Weis is from Ottawa\, Ohio and still lives there when 
 he’s not traveling around. He graduated from The Ohio State University 
 with a degree in Finance and History.\n\nBrandon went on his first 
 backpacking trip as a sophomore in college in 2018 in the High Sierra after 
 somewhat accidentally signing up for the trip. After that\, he went on 
 three section hikes on the Appalachian Trail over school breaks before 
 tackling the Calendar Year Triple crown in 2021 after his plans of hiking 
 the PCT in 2020 were cancelled. He never thought he would write a book 
 until he seemed to have started without really knowing it.\n\nBrandon hiked 
 ~8\,300 miles in 2021 and thought he'd be done for a while\, but after 
 finishing the first draft of his book in early 2022\, he ended up leaving 
 just several months after he got home to take on some more long-distance 
 trails totaling ~4\,500 miles in 2022.
LOCATION:2nd Floor Programming Room\, Bowling Green Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Kelsey Nevius":MAILTO:kelseynevius@wcdpl.org
CATEGORIES:Author Visit, Information Services
CONTACT;CN="Kelsey Nevius":MAILTO:kelseynevius@wcdpl.org
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