Exploring Wilderness: From Heart-Racing Adventure to Tranquility

"These are adventures that were once common in human history, but not in our time. The author brings a real and useful humility to his encounters with the larger world." —Bill McKibbon Exploring Wilderness could just save your life. What would you do if a 600-pound grizzly bear approached your campsite during an evening rainstorm in Denali National Park? How would you react if you heard a wolf growling just a few feet away outside your tent at night in Yellowstone National Park? Would you be able to survive alone in remote Alaskan wilderness after your kayak fills with water on a cold rushing river surrounded by hundreds of hungry coastal brown bears? Have you experienced the electric jolt of a charging tiger in the wilds of India and lived to tell the story? Could you find your way back to civilization after losing your map while trekking across a maze of frozen lakes in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildernes? By reading this book, full of awe and humility for the natural world and