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Life Lived Wild

Adventures at the Edge of the Map

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Life Lived Wild

By: Rick Ridgeway
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A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild.

At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in small tents pitched in the world’s most remote regions.” It’s not a boast so much as an explanation. Whether at elevation or raising a family back at sea level, those years taught him, he writes, “to distinguish matters of consequence from matters of inconsequence.” He leaves it to his listeners, though, to do the final sort of which is which.
 
Some of his travels made, and remain, news: the first American ascent of K2; the first direct coast-to-coast traverse of Borneo; the first crossing on foot of a 300-mile corner of Tibet so remote no outsider had ever seen it. Big as these trips were, Rick keeps an eye out for the quiet surprises, like the butterflies he encounters at 23,000 feet on K2 or the furtive silhouettes of wild-eared pheasants in Tibet.
 
What really comes through best in Life Lived Wild, though, are his fellow travelers. There’s Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, and Doug Tompkins, best known for cofounding The North Face but better remembered for his conservation throughout South America. Some companions don’t make the return journey. Rick treats them all with candor and straightforward tenderness. And through their commitments to protecting the wild places they shared, he discovers his own.
 
A master storyteller, this long-awaited memoir is the bookend to Ridgeway’s impressive list of publications, including Seven Summits, The Shadow of Kilmanjaro, and The Big Open. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Outdoors & Nature Travel Writing & Commentary Biographies & Memoirs Inspiring Adventure Heartfelt Extreme Sports Professionals & Academics Business Sports
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Inspiring Adventures • Incredible Life Story • Excellent Narration • Conservation Efforts • Authentic Experiences

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It’ll make you laugh. It’ll make you cry. It’ll make you stare in awe. Woven in and out of all of these stories is a love of adventure, a love of people and cultures, and a love of our planet and conservation. I haven’t been moved this way by a book in a very long time. It’s a must read!

A Life Truly Lived

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I just finished Life Lived Wild and am still processing the profound impact it had on me. There’s so many beautiful life lessons woven into this book. I’m so thankful Rick took the time to write (and record) it. What a national treasure he is.

Absolutely amazing

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One of the most beautiful memoirs I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

Unreal.

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Thanks Rick Ridgeway for sharing these stories. More than a book it is a life lesson.

Sublime

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This read was everything I love wrapped into one! Inspiring, captivating, nature-based, emotional! One of my favorite books of the year!

Highly motivational

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