Tonje Thilesen
The day Joe Biden won the election, Michelle Zauner was high on mushrooms in the Adirondacks in upstate New York on the worst hike of her life.
“We microdosed on mushrooms, which had been really pleasant for me in the past. But I had never microdosed and had to continue walking, you know? I always just sit somewhere and enjoy spacing out,” says Zauner over Zoom, her voice getting louder as she describes the five hour trek. “It was basically hell on earth. I’d never done a hike like that, and I never want to do it again. It felt like going to Mordor.” But, never one to be deterred so easily, Zauner kept walking.