This is an engaging memoir of one woman's solo backpacking travels through areas of the world most would not tackle; she searched fifteen years for courage by confronting fear. Sally DeMasi stepped from her comfort zone to expand new horizons and face her personal fears. Leaving a lucrative career behind, she chose a backpack over a rolling suitcase. Staying in hostels, traveling as locals do by bus, dolmuses, and ferries or on foot, she defiantly overcame - walking the streets of Nairobi, paddling down the angry Amazon River, meeting the empathetic people of Turkey, and, even in her new home state, challenging the major Salmon River rapids in Hell's Canyon and beyond, with a new love. She conquered her fears. DeMasi provides vivid descriptions of people she met on her travels and her dangerous encounters as she peeled away the layers and repetition of an old life to reveal her real and confident self, a new refreshed and distinctive lens of self-discovery. "Courage Quest" reveals a story of personal growth that is both uplifting and inspiring. Sally's story offers encouragement to others, regardless of age or gender, to understand and overcome fear of the unknown. The reader may find a path within this memoir to explore how to reinvent theirs.