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Brothers of Adventure And the Women who Rescued Me: It's What You Do with What You Have Left

Brothers of Adventure And the Women who Rescued Me: It's What You Do with What You Have Left

          
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About the Book

I like living. Dying's gonna suck. I wish I had more time for living-but I don't.

I'm a natural-born adventurer (cloaked as an engineer)-who's lived at the edges of risk without overwhelming fear of dying. Yeah, I know it's always a possibility. But real adventure is flirting with death-and I've flirted.

Life's not often dull with my attitude, and I get my butt kicked occasionally. I accept that. I struggle, though, with tragedies stemming from risks I didn't take. That's why you're reading this. A string of emotional knockdowns left me stunned and disoriented before I started this book. This writing was my search for yet another "new normal."

Getting back from the beatings (this time) took a journey of multiple courses: from hopelessness to cautious optimism, from confusion to understanding, from abandonment to reconciliation, and from sadness back to something more joyful. And I documented it all-exposing my emotions (and relationships) as I recovered. The writing's real and sometimes raw, but there's a lot of fun here too.

I'd long fueled my lively spirit with outdoor adventures-shared with my "band" of "brothers." We challenged the canyons, mountains, and trails of the west with enthusiasm and camaraderie. But all that broke. In a rush, a close friend died, others moved away, and I got sick. Sudden grief (and fear of loneliness) then crushed me for a bit-with another challenge bearing down.

I escaped my darkness and rebuilt before (with the magic of time-and female compassion), but there was little time available. I needed a quick recovery. Writing helps me think, so I started writing with purpose while counting down the days to my next physical struggle.

I began this journaling journey then, as I always do as an outdoor adventurer-I stopped, looked back, and got oriented first. How did I get here? How did I get past prior troubles? I examined relationships and outdoor dramas that held clues to my recovery-and in the process, discovered a few new and surprising fundamental truths.

  • Setbacks and tragedies compound and complicate each other. I must untangle that stuff in my head to deal with issues separately.
  • I need a complete tribal "band"-an egalitarian grouping of folks I know and trust. I'll find myself lonely and searching for someone if I don't fill each position in my group.
  • Sometimes, a key partner is critical. I might not have made it without that understanding "someone" in the ditch with me. I don't know why all of my emotional rescuers were female-but they were.
Reliving my whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, mountain climbing, and trail running experiences cheered me up-and provided valuable insights. I learned again from laughable screw-ups and fatal mistakes.

I had built a band of "brothers" and "sisters" to feed my hunger for adventure. I was surprised to discover that it's those people and those adventures that reliably quell my loneliness-and fear of my lousy future. And at the end of the journey, I arrived at an unexpected destination-a slightly different version of the happy guy I used to be-less focused on my losses and more focused on what I could do for others.

Jens Jensen


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798547332906
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: It's What You Do with What You Have Left
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8547332901
  • Publisher Date: 02 Aug 2021
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 304 gr


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