Wild: Do you know what "bugs" me...

....the complete lack of bugs and insects in Wild. 

Strayed mentions the word "mosquitoes" only three times in Wild and only once while she was on the PCT near the end. Oh, and one of those 3 times was when she was singing the Nirvana song to ward off bears and lions or whatever. 

The word "tick" was never used once. 

Really? A story about California hiking and Strayed never once commented on ticks? I get this is a story about her "supposed" transformation, which comes deus ex machina at the end while she eats an ice cream cone, but cmon! That's like Fox News going a full day without mentioning Obama. 

People, it just doesn't make sense.

I just started reading The Cactus Eaters and already there are so many similarities....including calling their over-stuffed backpacks "monsters."