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In a world increasingly vicarious and secondhand, we all long to make decisions that matter, decisions of consequence. This is precisely what the outdoor life still requires. Make the wrong decision, and you can pay with your life. The element of risk is what makes the outdoor life so rich, so intense, and sometimes so terrifying.Adventure writer Mark Jenkins journeyed around the world, crossing wild country, probing the hinterlands, getting arrested over a dozen times. Mark Jenkins has made a life out of doing things the hard way. His travels are to places where arrival is uncertain and an intact return is never guaranteed. But the risk conjures in him unrealized qualities -- focus, faith, and determination -- and teaches him about the sort of people we are when life is in the balance.The result is a book that dives headfirst into experience. Jenkins transports the reader with him as he climbs the ice-rimed Italian Ridge of the Matterhorn, sea kayaks from battlefield to battlefield along the Turkish coast of Gallipoli, sneaks across Tibet to reach Buddhism's holiest lake deep in the Himalaya, descends unexplored canyons in Australia, and crosses the war-torn Simen Mountains of northern Ethiopia.If you've ever dreamed of escaping, lighting out for the unknown, read this book. Within these pages are spare, profound tales that will inspire you to buy a plane ticket, hop on a bus, get out of Dodge. Ajourney into the soul as well as a trek through the world's unknown geography, "The Hard Way" is a book about doing, not watchng, about leaping before you look.
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"San Francisco Chronicle"
About the Author:
From a quest for a tabooed sacred lake in Tibet...to even more quixotic
pursuits like examining the American hitchhiking experience in modern
times...These diverse exploits are united through a tone set by the author's lucid, creative, and economical prose. Jenkins provides clear insight into the physical, mental, and emotional conditions that should infuse bold ventures.
"Sports Illustrated"
These rich, well-rendered stories succeed because as Jenkins paddles against the current or rappels through a storm, his writer's eye is working all the while.
"Los Angeles Times"
Beautifully crafted stories...brought to life by a poetic and muscular style...Jenkins...traverses the most remote and literally forbidden parts of the globe, at the risk -- and cost -- of illness, injury, and frequent incarceration. But the lure is irresistible.
"Sports Illustrated"These rich, well-rendered stories succeed because as Jenkins paddles against the current or rappels through a storm, his writer's eye is working all the while.
"Los Angeles Times"Beautifully crafted stories...brought to life by a poetic and muscular style...Jenkins...traverses the most remote and literally forbidden parts of the globe, at the risk -- and cost -- of illness, injury, and frequent incarceration. But the lure is irresistible.
"San Francisco Chronicle"From a quest for a tabooed sacred lake in Tibet...to even more quixoticpursuits like examining the American hitchhiking experience in moderntimes...These diverse exploits are united through a tone set by the author's lucid, creative, and economical prose. Jenkins provides clear insight into the physical, mental, and emotional conditions that should infuse bold ventures.
"Los Angeles Times" Beautifully crafted stories...brought to life by a poetic and muscular style...Jenkins...traverses the most remote and literally forbidden parts of the globe, at the risk -- and cost -- of illness, injury, and frequent incarceration. But the lure is irresistible.
"Sports Illustrated" These rich, well-rendered stories succeed because as Jenkins paddles against the current or rappels through a storm, his writer's eye is working all the while.
"San Francisco Chronicle" From a quest for a tabooed sacred lake in Tibet...to even more quixotic pursuits like examining the American hitchhiking experience in modern times...These diverse exploits are united through a tone set by the author's lucid, creative, and economical prose. Jenkins provides clear insight into the physical, mental, and emotional conditions that should infuse bold ventures.
Los Angeles Times Beautifully crafted stories...brought to life by a poetic and muscular style...Jenkins...traverses the most remote and literally forbidden parts of the globe, at the risk -- and cost -- of illness, injury, and frequent incarceration. But the lure is irresistible.
Sports Illustrated These rich, well-rendered stories succeed because as Jenkins paddles against the current or rappels through a storm, his writer's eye is working all the while.
San Francisco Chronicle From a quest for a tabooed sacred lake in Tibet...to even more quixotic pursuits like examining the American hitchhiking experience in modern times...These diverse exploits are united through a tone set by the author's lucid, creative, and economical prose. Jenkins provides clear insight into the physical, mental, and emotional conditions that should infuse bold ventures.
Mark Jenkins lives in Laramie, Wyoming, with his wife and two daughters. The adventure columnist for Outside magazine, Jenkins
journeys to the most difficult and dangerous places on the planet every month. Formerly the investigative editor for Men's Health, Jenkins has also written for GQ, Playboy, Conde Nast Traveler, Backpacker, Reader's Digest, and The Washington Post.
journeys to the most difficult and dangerous places on the planet every month. Formerly the investigative editor for Men's Health, Jenkins has also written for GQ, Playboy, Conde Nast Traveler, Backpacker, Reader's Digest, and The Washington Post.
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- PublisherTandem Library
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1417720999
- ISBN 13 9781417720996
- BindingHardcover
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