Simon Element Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life
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Embrace adventures both great and small—and pursue your wild ideas—in Will to Wild, a motivational guidebook from seasoned adventurer and podcaster Shelby Stanger.
Shop newer version- Will to Wild is an instruction manual to adventure
- Authored by enthusiastic outdoorswoman Shelby Stanger, host of the REI Co-op Studios podcast, Wild Ideas Worth Living
Made in USA.
From the publisher:
Shelby Stanger has been teaching folks how to leap into the unknown since she taught her first surf class over 20 years ago. Over the years, she watched many of her students quit their jobs, end dysfunctional relationships, and move across the country for a healthier work-life-balance—all after spending a bit of time in nature. Shelby marveled at the phenomenon. Time spent outside was changing the lives of her students, her peers and herself. Shelby was so intrigued, she began to tell their stories, first as a writer and journalist, then as a podcast host for Wild Ideas Worth Living, REI Co-op Studio's flagship podcast.
With her first book, Will to Wild, Shelby shares all she's witnessed and learned in her years covering adventurers. It's the book she wishes she'd had when she first felt the urge to leap from familiar to wild terrain. The one that takes you step by step from the first inkling of inspiration for your own wild idea through fear and self-doubt and on to the finish line.
In these pages, you will find stories with practical tips and tactics from world-famous rock climbers and ultrarunners to longtime thru-hikers, surfers, desk jockeys who've figured out how to get off the clock, and even a suburban mom who started teaching women to scale frozen waterfalls in her mid-fifties. Along with Shelby's stories, they will show you how to get unstuck, how to pay attention to "trail signs" that point you toward your adventure, how to face your fears, and what to do when everything goes haywire (which will likely happen, never fear!). With Shelby's characteristic strength and vulnerability, Will to Wild encourages you to break out of your comfort zone, get out into nature, and bring your own wild ideas to life. Whether you're already an adventure junkie or someone who's never set up a tent, there's something inside these pages for you.
| Best Use | Travel |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Author(s) | Shelby Stanger |
| Number of Pages | 272 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9781982194307 |
| Publisher | Simon Element |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
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The Perfect Book for Any Adventurer!
This book has encouraged me to seek adventure in my everyday life. It’s challenged me to look at what might be stopping me or what is getting in the way of living my fullest life. Shelby shares stories that fill the pages with courage and left me wanting to spend more time outdoors and connected to nature! This is the perfect book for anyone looking to add adventure into their life at any scale!
Read this on the beach, or anywhere outdoors.
You gonna GO? This book makes me want to go do it ALL! Shelby Stanger justifies my wanderlust by validating wild adventure and breaking out of the norm by taking calculated risks and sharing the secrets unconventional success.
Transcendent for Anyone Seeking Adventure in Life
I was fortunate enough to be gifted a copy of this book after hearing Shelby speak at a volunteer seminar in San Diego for high school students. I was so engaged with the things Shelby would talk about, that I was determined to buy the book regardless and read it anyway. I wouldn’t consider myself much of a reader, but being a 24 year old who actually just quit my job because I felt I needed more out of life, this book was a Godsend to me. The day I quit my job was actually the day right before I found out who Shelby was and what she came to speak about. Shelby dives into so many different stories from amazing humans about the signs we see in life to pursue our “Wild Ideas” and our dreams/passions. So much of the book includes these amazing motivating stories that other humans have accomplished as well as her own story to get you to recognize the restrictions that we put on ourselves from pursuing our “Wild Ideas”. Furthermore, recognizing the Trail Signs that are placed throughout our lives is a big foundation in this book. Reading the book so far has given me a spiritual boost in a way to recognize how far we can go in life. I think for anyone seeking to have adventure in life or for the sign to get out of your comfort zone, this book will come at the perfect time to you.