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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 Business Climbing & Mountaineering Outdoors & Nature Professionals & Academics Sports Travel Writing & Commentary Adventure Extreme Sports
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I absolutely loved this book. I had to write down quotes as I was going along as there was some great takeaway messages. Now to plan my next hikes…. Commit first and figure things out later!

A great, inspiring read

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awesome read. Would be great if the photos that are in the book could be added as a pdf

Fantastic book

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I enjoyed the stories of his adventures and the way the story was weaved together. His detail and descriptions were fantastic and I felt at times like I was there observing and not listening to a story of his adventures.

My Favourite Listen of2024

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What a great life you have all had. Respect to you all and all you have done and what you represent.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.