What is Cheryl's mindset like as she continues along her journey in Chapter 13: “The Accumulation of Trees”?

Cheryl realizes that no amount of modern conveniences could take away the pleasure of being in the wild. Cheryl is on her sixth week of the trail now and, as she hikes throughout most of this chapter, she is wearing her sandals (which are duct taped to her feet) because her boots went over the side of the mountain by accident.