Was It Worth It? Audiobook Libro.fm

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If wilderness is outlawed only outlaws can save wilderness Edward Abbey

In a collection of gripping stories of adventure Doug Peacock loner iconoclast environmentalist and contemporary of Edward Abbey reflects on a life lived in the wild asking the question many ask in their twilight years Was It Worth It

Recounting sojourns with Abbey but also Peter Matthiessen Doug Tompkins Jim Harrison Yvon Chouinard and others Peacock observes that what he calls solitary walks were the greatest currency he and his buddies ever shared He asserts that solitude is the deepest well I have encountered in this life and the introspection it affords has made him who he is a lifelong protector of the wilderness and its many aweinspiring inhabitants

With adventures both close to home grizzlies in Yellowstone and jaguars in the high Sonoran Desert and farther afield tigers in Siberia jaguars again in Belize spirit bears in the wilds of British Columbia all the amazing birds of the Galapagos Peacock acknowledges that Covid 19 has put everyones mortality in the lens now and its not necessarily a telephoto shot Peacock recounts these adventures to try to understand and explain his perspective on Nature That wilderness is the only thing left worth saving

In the tradition of Peacocks many bestselling books Was It Worth It is both entertaining and thought provoking It challenges any reader to make certain that the answer to the question for their own life is Yes