Joey Shonka

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I’m Joey Shonka, a wanderer who traded lab coats for dusty trails and a biochemist’s precision for the wild pulse of the unknown. My life’s work? Chasing horizons—whether it’s the jagged spine of the Andes or the quiet truths hidden in a single step. Born with an itch for discovery, I’ve always been more at home in the dirt than in a desk chair.

As a biochemist, I studied life’s smallest miracles—elusive protein molecules—until the call of the open trail grew louder. So I became a long-distance hiker, conquering North America’s Triple Crown of Hiking (Appalachian, Pacific Crest, Continental Divide) and logging over 10,000 miles under my boots. But my greatest adventure was yet to come.

On a Nicaraguan beach beneath a sloth’s troubled gaze, I
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The Appalachian Trail: Dark...

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The Caminante: Book 1 of 2

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