Bill Bryson's 1998 best-selling travelogue memoir of the same name provides the backbone of this loose adaptation, recalling his attempt to walk the nearly 2200-mile Appalachian Trail. Bryson finds himself at an advanced age when many adventurers would have been content to coast into retirement on one's memories, but after attending the funeral of a friend, and knowing the end isn't going to be too far off himself, he gets the idea to get back out and see what's left in the proverbial tank to experience. Bryson's British wife of 40 years, Catherine, isn't happy about it, but she agrees to support him if he doesn't do it alone. Bryson can't find anyone willing to do it, except for long-estranged acquaintance Stephen Katz, someone he didn't even ask (or want), who is a mess, a hedonistic slob who is sorely out of shape and completely inexperienced at hiking, but Bryson figures he'll give up early so that he can proceed on his own as planned. Heading out to Georgia to start the trail that will lead them up to Maine, the two men head out on the trail, where they learn a thing or two about who they really are, as well as how dangerous it is for them to undertake such an arduous journey in their condition.
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