What does the word unfurled in paragraph 7 BEST exemplify? OA. the vastness of the land B. the uniqueness of the environment O C. the confusion caused by being outdoors D. the frustration resulting from being alone She stood , finally , her canvas Keds tied tight , on May 3 , 1955 , atop the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail , the longest continuous footpath in the world , facing the peaks on the blue- black horizon that stretched toward heaven and unfurled before her for days . Facing a mean landscape of angry rivers and hateful rock she stood , a woman , mother of eleven and grandmother of twenty - three . She had not been able to get the trail out of her mind . She had thought of it constantly back home in Ohio, where she tended her small garden and looked after her grandchildren , biding her time until she could get away .