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We're getting divorced today

and we thought we should do something

that bonded us together.

Oh.

Okay.

It hasn't occurred to you guys that it might

be easier just to stay married?

- Cheaper, too.

- Mmm.

At least we probably won't regret it.

Couples don't necessarily stay married,

but they tend to stay divorced.

You get a lot of people asking you

about removing tattoos?

Well, sometimes.

I cheated on him.

It happens.

She seems sorry.

I am sorry.

Cheryl, come on, can we just...

Come on, man, wipe the slate clean.

Uh, it's quite a big slate.

I cheated on him a lot of times.

Is that right? "Stryed"?

Uh, no, it's "strayed."

Like a stray dog.

The form asked me what my new

last name would be. I...

I looked it up.

It just sounded right.

You're all set.

You're going to have

to mail them yourselves.

It's been a wonderful

and crazy seven years.

Goodbye,

Cheryl Strayed.

Got what you needed?

Yes.

Now I don't have to eat

cold mush anymore.

I can eat hot mush.

There's no husband, is there?

No. I mean, there was,

but he's in Minneapolis, not on the PCT.

I said that 'cause I was scared of you.

Yeah, I knew that.

Can't say I blame you.

Do you ever think about quitting?

Oh, only once every two minutes or so.

Everything hurts. All the time.

- You think I should quit?

- Yes, I do.

Don't listen to me.

Hell, I've quit a bunch of stuff.

Quit jobs, quit marriages.

I'd have quit that hike

after the first day.

You regret any of them?

I didn't have a choice.

I just couldn't do them no more.

Never been a time

when there was a fork in my road.

Yeah.

That's about the size of it.

Be careful.

- All right.

- Nice meeting you.

Nice meeting you. Thank you, Frank!

Yes!

Okay.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

You're doing good, Strayed.

Five to seven miles a day.

At this rate,

you'll be finished in about 20 years.

I'm not hungry.

I don't miss food.

I don't miss tacos, chips and guac.

I don't miss Minneapolis snow,

that's for sure.

I don't miss margaritas.

I'd kill a snake for a sip.

It's not like I'm some junkie.

I'm in control.

Yeah, like everyone is with drugs?

- I'm an experimentalist.

- Mmm.

I'm the girl who says yes instead of no.

Uh, hi!

Cheryl Strayed?

Oh, yeah, hi!

I... Do I know you?

I... I saw your name

in the trail register.

You're the only woman in there.

Right.

I'm Greg!

Nice to meet you!

I'm coming down.

Oh, great!

Sorry. I wasn't expecting any visitors.

So how many miles a day are you doing?

I'm averaging 22 at the moment.

You'll be in Kennedy Meadows

by tomorrow?

Hope so.

I'm only managing about...

11 or 12.

Uh, well, the first couple of weeks

are always hard.

And you do all that preparation

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