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From Sore Soles to a Soaring Soul
- Changing My Life One Step at a Time on the Camino De Santiago
- Narrated by: Blaine A. Rada
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Publisher's summary
"Do you like going for long walks?"
Being asked this question by a fellow pilgrim, or peregrino, a few days into my month-long journey walking 500 miles across northern Spain seems ridiculous. And then, I realize it's a brilliant question. It seeks to answer why someone would embark on such a challenge.
Honestly, I don't like walking. So why would I - or anyone - take a month off from work and life, leaving their family behind, to walk the Camino de Santiago? The physical, mental, and spiritual journey that is the Camino is profoundly personal yet universally transformational.
The greatest challenge is staying transformed when you get off the trail and go back home to your normal life. Walk with Blaine Rada, as he shares his daily diary filled with insights, humor, and his quest for meaning and chocolate milk. From Sore Soles to a Soaring Soul is the book he never intended to write. And is so glad he did!
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On the eve of turning 30, terrified of being funneled into a life he didn’t choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent 16 months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections drew hundreds of thousands of followers, all gathered around the question: What makes a life worth living? In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Jed narrates his adventure - the people and places he encountered on his way to the bottom of the world - as well as the internal journey that started it all.
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Different that I expected
- By Sabrina on 02-21-20
By: Jedidiah Jenkins
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Walking
- One Step at a Time
- By: Erling Kagge, Becky L. Crook - translator
- Narrated by: Atli Gunnarsson
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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A lyrical account of an activity that is essential for our sanity, equilibrium, and well-being, from the author of Silence.
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A delightful and essential book
- By Yogans on 05-02-19
By: Erling Kagge, and others
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I Hike
- By: Lawton Grinter
- Narrated by: Lawton Grinter
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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"I never set out to hike 10,000 miles. It just sort of happened over the course of a decade." And so goes Lawton Grinter's compelling collection of short stories that have been over ten years and 10,000 trail miles in the making. I Hike brings the reader trailside with blissful moments on the highest mountain ridges to the mental lows of mosquito hell and into some peculiar situations that even seasoned hikers may find unbelievable.
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The best hiking book I've read yet
- By Blobsquatch on 07-04-15
By: Lawton Grinter
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Something Needs to Change
- An Urgent Call to Make Your Life Count
- By: David Platt
- Narrated by: David Platt
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of Radical takes listeners on a soul-searching journey through impoverished villages in the Himalayan mountains, daring them to make a difference in a world of urgent need, starting right where they live.
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Great content but distracting performance
- By Ryan Peters on 11-05-19
By: David Platt
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A Life Without Limits
- A World Champion's Journey
- By: Chrissie Wellington, Lance Armstrong - foreward
- Narrated by: Polly Lee, Chrissie Wellington
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2007, Chrissie Wellington shocked the triathlon world by winning the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a newcomer to the sport and a complete unknown to the press, Chrissie's win shook up the sport. A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS is the story of her rise to the top, a journey that has taken her around the world, from a childhood in England, to the mountains of Nepal, to the oceans of New Zealand, and the trails of Argentina, and first across the finish line.
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Chrissie winning, on repeat
- By Mona on 03-13-13
By: Chrissie Wellington, and others
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Run!
- 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss
- By: Dean Karnazes
- Narrated by: Daniel May
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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In his follow-up to the best-selling Ultra-Marathon Man, world-renowned ultra marathoner Dean Karnazes chronicles his unbelievable exploits and explorations in gripping detail; Karnazes runs for days on end without rest, across some of the most exotic and inhospitable places on earth, including the Australian Outback, Antarctica, and the back alleys of New Jersey.
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Great stories. Horrible narrator.
- By Alberto Medellin on 08-20-15
By: Dean Karnazes
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Dreaming of Jupiter
- By: Ted Simon
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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When Ted Simon rode 64,000 miles round the world on his 500c Triumph Tiger, he inspired thousands of motorcyclists to begin their own adventures, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, who chronicled their travels in Long Way Round. Nearly 30 years later, Ted Simon took to the road again to retrace the epic journey he made in his 40s. He meets up with old friends and acquaintances, revisits old landmarks and locations, and rediscovers himself, as well as the world, along the way.
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Amazing book, Amazing Man
- By Roxanna on 08-16-18
By: Ted Simon
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The Pursuit of Endurance
- Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
- By: Jennifer Pharr Pharr Davis
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pharr Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Jennifer Pharr Davis, the former record holder of the FKT (or Fastest Known Time) on the Appalachian Trail, tells the story of her meteoric rise in the world of endurance hiking and, in doing so, unpacks key traits that make women uniquely suited to endurance. With a storyteller's ear for fascinating detail and description, she takes us with her as she sets the record on the Appalachian Trail and introduces us to the mentors who helped her to identify and unlock different facets of her endurance capabilities.
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Not uplifting
- By M on 05-15-18
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All the Way to the Tigers
- By: Mary Morris
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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In February 2008 a casual afternoon of ice skating derailed the trip of a lifetime. Mary Morris was on the verge of a well-earned sabbatical, but instead she endured three months in a wheelchair, two surgeries, and extensive rehabilitation. On Easter Sunday, when she was supposed to be in Morocco, Morris was instead lying on the sofa reading Death in Venice, casting her eyes over these words again and again: "He would go on a journey. Not far. Not all the way to the tigers." Disaster shifted to possibility and Morris made a decision.
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Beautiful Memoir
- By Janet G. Zinn on 07-05-21
By: Mary Morris
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Wide-Open World
- How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever
- By: John Marshall
- Narrated by: John Marshall
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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John Marshall had read about the growth of voluntourism, and frankly, it was the only kind of extended trip he could afford. He'd heard that some peoples' lives were changed by a week of overseas service - what might half a year accomplish for his family? His wife, Traca, was all in favor of it; his kids, especially his 14-year-old daughter, were strongly opposed. Wide-Open World is the totally engaging, bluntly honest story of the Marshall family's life-changing adventure.
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I enjoyed every minute
- By Chris on 05-15-15
By: John Marshall
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Dogtripping
- 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure
- By: David Rosenfelt
- Narrated by: Jeff Steitzer
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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When best-selling mystery writer David Rosenfelt and his family moved from Southern California to Maine, he thought he had prepared for everything. They had mapped the route, brought three GPSs for backup, as well as refrigerators full of food, and stoves and microwaves on which to cook them. But traveling with 25 dogs turned out to be a bigger ordeal than he anticipated, despite RVs, the extra kibble, volunteers (including a few readers), and camping equipment.
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Only about 1 hour of the book is about the trip
- By Gretchen on 10-29-13
By: David Rosenfelt
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- Mike from Alabama
- 12-19-21
Audible version prompted me to buy the paperback
I had an Audible credit I needed to spend and I was looking for a book about the Camino when I saw a review by Sharon Franta. I crossed paths multiple times with Sharon and her son during my Camino in 2017. Her review prompted me to get the Audible version of this book. The journey the author made was vastly different from mine and yet, eerily similar. He was on a fixed schedule and paid a price in blisters and pain. I had the luxury of time and was blister-free. Mr. Rada taught me that the spirit of the Camino will touch you no matter how hard you try to outrun it. When we left a town in the morning, neither of us knew where we would sleep at the end of the day. Some of the things I heard him read to me in his book were things I had written in my Camino journal 4 years earlier. If you are thinking about making this Pilgrimage, I highly recommend this book. He has some good advice that he, admittedly, did not follow. Make the Camino your own. If you have your Compostela, this book will bring back lots of memories. Also, I like his quotes at the end of each chapter. Buen Camino!
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- John C Schupp
- 04-04-21
Good overview of the Camino
Fairly short overview of the Camino. I felt like I was walking with the author and experiencing the Camino with him.
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- Sharon Franta
- 08-30-20
Thank you
It was in 2017 I walked the Camino with my son - the year I turned 50. Blaine has done a great job reminding us what the pilgrimage can bring to the hurting, the lonely, the adventurer, the curious...
He has also captured much of the heart of the journey that could aid anyone who needs to remember or who needs to prepare.
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- Keith T.
- 07-08-20
Just like you were on the Camio too!
Sometimes when I see that an author is also doing the reading, I groan, sometimes it it really bad, But Blaine does a great job of reading this book that he wrote. I have listened to some other Camino books and this is definitely the best one so far. I have wanted to listen to a book about actually walking the trail. He gives really honest and detailed of many aspects of the trail. He does a good job of balancing his thoughts and the things he saw. He really makes you feel like you went with him.
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- Len Blasiol
- 02-01-23
The perfect blend...
... of spiritual and practical commentary. Food for the soul and inspiration for imagining one's own future Camino intentions, combined with plenty of down-to-Earth, pragmatic advice concerning what one might encounter along the Camino Frances. Very well done and highly recommended.
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