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Life Lived Wild

Adventures at the Edge of the Map (Patagonia)

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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.

©2021 Rick Ridgeway (P)2021 Random House Audio
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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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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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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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A must read for all adventurers and lovers of nature. We can all learn fro the lives of the do-boys.

Love it end to end!

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I loved listening to this book read by the author. It was incredible hearing his adventures in life with friends and his wife. I laughed and cried and am already ready to find his other books to listen too !

Great story of life’s adventures and very spiritual!

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Wowwww incredible storie everyone should listen to it and learn from it the importance of giving nature a true value!

Best audio book!

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This is an amazing book! It is inspirational in so many ways. Rick’s descriptions of the places and challenges he has faced took me there. The love that he had for other people, especially for his wife Jennifer, is a love so deep that I I’ll never look at my dear wife in other than an adoring, respectful and loving way. Rick’s friendships with those that filled his life are simply amazing! Thank you Rick for sharing your love for all things created by a power greater than all of us! Ron from New Mexico

The inspiration for the love of nature, wilderness and other human beings.

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One of the most incredible, touching and inspiring piece I’ve had the privilege to experience.

Incredible

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Moving. Engaging. Educational. There is so much emotion in these pages. I laughed, cried, and everything in-between. Truly special to listen to the stories of people who had the integrity to live a life that they chose themselves. Well done, Rick.

Wow.

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