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appreciate that this was a collection of short stories, Most adventure writers think they have entire novels of their event, but they just get stale, Jenkins is a very compelling writer and these generally short essays are vivid descriptions of great places, people or experiences, Some are fairly technical I am not an outdoor adventurer but all were interesting, Adventure writer Mark Jenkins has journeyed around the world, crossing wild country, probing the hinterlands, getting arrested over a dozen times, He has made a life out of doing things the hard way,
The result is a book that dives headfirst into adventure and experience, Jenkins transports the reader with him as he climbs the iceencrusted Italian Ridge of the Matterhorn, sea kayaks from battlefield to battlefield along the Turkish coast of Gallipoli, sneaks across Tibet to reach Buddhism's holiest lake, descends unexplored canyons in Australia, and traverses the wartorn Simen Mountains of northern Ethiopia.

If you've ever dreamed of escaping, lighting out for the unknown, read this book, In a world increasingly vicarious and secondhand, we all long to make decisions that matter, decisions of consequence, This is precisely what the outdoor life still requires, The Hard Way is a book about doing, not watching about leaping before you look, Would give itif I could, He's an adventurer and a clear, concise writer who takes you to ground zero, Works for Nat Geo. The book is a collection of his essays about his various travels, He writes well, simply and from the heart,

focusing on the experience more than the achievements, His achievements are mind blowing Everest, Matterhorn, bike across Africa, bike across Western Europe twice, across Eastern Europe, multiple first ascents etc but he is modest about all that.
He clearly loves nothing more than pitting him self against the worst of nature and wilderness and lucky for us, has come home till now to write about it.
Very satisfying book, I think any outdoors person would enjoy it tremendously, How is this guy not a household name The first part of the book I would givestars, The middle part was good, but mostly about mountain climbing as opposed to general travel stories like the first part, It got a little tiresome reading about climbing forpages, but that is not something I am really interested in, The vignette, The Bike Messenger, in the first section is a beautiful story, and with out a doubt my favorite in the entire book.
I can't get enough of Jenkins, The guy just does crazy adventures and he's a phenominal writer, I've got a chronic case of wanderlust as it is, but his books are cranking it up a notch for me, If I suddenly drop off the face of the earth, it's because I stole a kayak, paddled up the inside package, and attempted a first ascent on some unnamed peak in the Yukon.
Just to warn you. A good, fairly exciting book but with a bit more moralizing and a bit less action than I might have liked, To this day, this may be my favorite adventure book I've ever read, Mark is a bad ass, After reading this, I developed a suspicion/distaste towards people with new gear, or people who complain in any way, or even people who can't find a certain type of joy when things go wrong.
I've packed less and have had a more open attitude towards doing it the hard way since reading this a few years ago, It's a collection of short stories about this guy's mountaineering adventures, I like books written by mountain climbers they take me places I'll never go and do things I don't want to do because mountaineering sounds like a fancy word for painful drudgery.
There's something to be admired in that, A decent climbing adventure/memoir,

Mr. Jenkins book is enjoyable despite the lack of structure from one story to he next,

However, the book is entertaining without being unforgettable,

A decent read not destined for greatness, Mark Jenkins is the best Crazy Outdoor Jewel to ever come out of Laramie and write about his trials, Dang. four from Austin The Hard Way is a book in therd person, about a real guy called Mark Jenkins, He tells stories about when he was mountaineering and traveling around the world, These stories are partly about family, partly about survival, Also, he writes about events that happened in those places long ago, There are many themes such as adventure, adrenaline, family, survival, selfdiscovery, etc, So, I giveto this book because of all of these aspects, I recommend it to you, Fantastic read. I'm going to go quit my job and climb mountains now, If you'd like inspiration to do the same, ask me to borrow this book, Librarian Note: There is than one author by this name in the Goodreads database, .