Mild

Mild Volume 1 is a compelling work of biography and autobiography by Richard Weeks. This second collection of memoirs spans several decades, beginning with childhood memories of delivering newspapers in suburban Los Angeles during the 1950s. The narrative concludes in 2016 with a planned birthday and presidential election celebration, highlighting a recurring theme where events rarely unfold as expected.

A significant portion of Mild Volume 1 focuses on the author's experiences hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon between 1989 and 1995. Weeks reflects on the diaries and sketches he kept during these six summers spent camping with friends. He draws a humorous parallel to the famous solo journey of Cheryl Strayed, pondering how a chance encounter between their groups might have altered the trajectory of her own bestselling memoir.