Acknowledgments

To my parents, Lois & Sam Miller, for…well, everything, really, but specifically for instilling the travel bug in me from an early age.

To my brother, Rob Miller, for making me cry on the train when I got my final paperwork for the West Highland Way and saw what you did. You’re my favorite brother.

To my editors Stacy Cantor Abrams and Alexa May for their excellent edits and insights.

To Eden Plantz for her wonderful copyedits, Greta Gunselman for proofreading, and to Fiona Jayde, Heather Howland, and Liz Pelletier for the beautiful cover.

To Curtis Svehlak, Holly Bryant-Simpson, Riki Cleveland, and the rest of the Entangled Team for the wonderful work they do.

To my agent Josh Getzler for his support and enthusiasm.

The following people were instrumental in helping me write a book set on the Skye Trail. Any mistakes are mine.

To Scarlet Trevett, director and founder of Thistle Trekking, for all her advice, suggestions, and input; for answering my many questions on logistics and pronunciation, for her support and enthusiasm, and for letting me use her name in the book!

To Alex Kendall, my guide on the West Highland Way, for patiently answering all my many and varied questions about the Skye Trail and being a guide, and for keeping me going on the West Highland Way when I thought Conic Hill would kill me, and then when I thought the Devil’s Staircase would kill me. There’s always another damn hill.

To Ed Terry, my guide on the East Highland Way, for answering my questions about being a guide, and to Ollie Mentz and Chris Withers for their input regarding the Bla Beinn section.

To the Skye Trail Map, by Harvey Maps, The Skye Trail guide book, by Helen and Paul Webster, and Walkhighlands.co.uk: all excellent resources regarding the geography and logistics of the Skye Trail.

To Juliet Chadwin at Harvey Maps, Lesley Flood and Linda Prentice at Ordnance Survey, and Laura at Cicerone Press, for their help with the maps and appropriate credits and licenses for their use.

To Greg MacThomais for his Gaelic translations. Any mistakes are mine.

To Dr. Lisa Bartoli for her medical advice on knee injuries. Any mistakes are mine.

To Alec Shane, Heather Evans, and Mike Evans, for their input regarding knee injuries. “So, exactly how much did that hurt?”

To Jen “Jescott” Wills, for her advice and input and support and enthusiasm.

To Meredith Giordan, for being my books buddy, TV buddy, and movie buddy, and for the daily conversations and Gchats, as well as the late-night grammar help.

To Monica McCarty, for the fabulous endorsement.

To Megan Westfield, for reading the first draft and providing excellent editorial suggestions (I even took some of them!), and for your friendship and the wonderful endorsement.

To Kelly Siskind, for the lovely endorsement, support, and friendship.

To Joe Volpe and Al Araneo for their legal advice regarding the use of Tolkien quotes in the book, i.e. “Don’t.”

To Jacquie Holland, for help with Scottish slang and for hanging out with me for two awesome days on Skye (and for doing all the driving!). I still have nightmares about that ridiculous wind out on Neist Point.

To Jamesie Johnston, for help with Scottish slang and suggesting the walk through Glen Sligachan to Marsco. We didn’t get as far as I’d wanted, but it was a stunning walk that I’ll just have to go back and do again one day.

To Ali Newman, for brainstorming this book with me, and for your love and support my whole life.

To Jill Jazwinski, Robin Mendez, Robin Ruinsky, Raakhee Shirsat, Genevieve Gagne-Hawes, Robin Rue, Michael Mejias, Stacy Testa, Samantha Wekstein, Katie Stuart, Abby Barce, Addison Fox, Joanna Volpe, Helen Lowe, and Jamie Snider for your support and friendship.

To Iris Beiss, Rob & Alison Tollafield, Christine Palin, and Vikki Grimes, for being fabulous hiking companions on two Scottish treks—here’s looking ahead to the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path in 2019!

The Skye Mountain Rescue Team, for the invaluable work they do for people getting lost and injured on the Isle of Skye.