A Life On Gorge River

Author : Robert Long
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781869791483

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A Life On Gorge River by Robert Long Pdf

The fascinating life of the most remote family in New Zealand. Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is the story of how and why Robert - known locally as 'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, and the family's experiences there over the years, living self-sufficiently and forging close bonds with the natural environment. It is an inspiring tale of one man's decision to 'drop out' of capitalist society and successfully establish a lifestyle most New Zealanders can't even imagine, harking back to the days of the earliest pioneers.

Author : Chris Long
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781775492085

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The Boy from Gorge River by Chris Long Pdf

**The number-one bestseller** The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew up two days' hike from the nearest road. He was born into the country's most isolated family, his parents committed to freedom from capitalist society and connection to the natural world. In this inspiring memoir, Chris describes a childhood with nature on his doorstep - helping his father catch crayfish and his mother grow vegetables, playing with toys crafted from driftwood and jade, and learning to live in the wild - until, in his teenage years, he began to wonder: could he survive in the wider world? By the son of the authors of A Life on Gorge River and A Wife on Gorge River, The Boy from Gorge River is an enthralling account of chasing adventure while forever staying true to where you come from.

Author : Catherine Stewart
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781869799243

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A Wife On Gorge River by Catherine Stewart Pdf

Life with New Zealand's remotest family in a follow-on from the bestselling A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long. In 2010, New Zealand met its remotest family, through the writing of Robert Long — aka Beansprout — and we were intrigued. Now Beansprout's wife, Catherine Stewart, tells her story, and answers many of our questions. Why did she decide to join him on the wild West Coast, two days' walk from the nearest road? Why and how did they raise their family there? Was it terrifying to be so far from medical help? How did she home-school the children? How have they all fared now the kids are young adults, forging their own way in the world? And what lessons are there for the rest of us from her experiences raising her family in such splendid isolation? In this entertaining bestseller, and with dry humour and fascinating insights, Catherine paints a vivid picture of her life at Gorge River and beyond.

Author : Robert Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0369361350

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A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long Pdf

The author and his family live in complete isolation, in a hut two days walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly thirty years, Catherine for twenty and the kids, all their teenage lives. Outside contact is limited thus creating a lifestyle of self-sufficiency and working with the environment.

Author : Robert Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 1459630416

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A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long Pdf

Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is the story of how and why Robert - known locally as 'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, and the family's experiences there over the years, living self - sufficiently and forging close bonds with the natural environment. It is an inspiring tale of one man's decision to 'drop out' of capitalist society and successfully establish a lifestyle most New Zealanders can't even imagine, harking back to the days of the earliest pioneers.

Author : Todd Balf
Publisher : Crown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0609606255

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The Last River by Todd Balf Pdf

A chronicle of a kayak team's quest to make the first descent through the dangerous Tsangpo Gorge describes how the four expert members of the team took on an adventure that ended in tragedy.

Author : Kathie Durbin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0870717162

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Bridging a Great Divide by Kathie Durbin Pdf

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern times. The act struck a compromise between protection for one of the West's most stunning landscapes--the majestic Gorge carved by Ice Age floods, which today divides Washington and Oregon--and encouragement of compatible economic development in communities on both sides of the river. In Bridging a Great Divide, award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin draws on interviews, correspondence, and extensive research to tell the story of the major shifts in the Gorge since the Act's passage. Sweeping change has altered the Gorge's landscape: upscale tourism and outdoor recreation, gentrification, the end of logging in national forests, the closing of aluminum plants, wind farms, and a population explosion in the metropolitan area to its west. Yet, to the casual observer, the Gorge looks much the same as it did twenty-five years ago. How can we measure the success of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act? In this insightful and revealing history, Durbin suggests that the answer depends on who you are: a small business owner, an environmental watchdog group, a chamber of commerce. The story of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is the story of the Pacific Northwest in microcosm, as the region shifts from a natural-resource-based economy to one based on recreation, technology, and quality of life.

Author : Dan Dourson,Judy Dourson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781949669015

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Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge and the Greater Red River Basin by Dan Dourson,Judy Dourson Pdf

The Red River Gorge's intricate canyon system features an abundance of high sandstone cliffs, rock shelters, waterfalls, and natural bridges, making it one of the world's top rock-climbing destinations. The Gorge, known for its unspoiled scenic beauty and numerous hiking trails, is one of Kentucky's most popular natural destinations, attracting over 500,000 visitors a year. While books about hiking, climbing, and other recreational activities in the area are readily available, Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge is the first book specifically devoted to the biodiversity of the Gorge and its watershed. Authors Dan and Judy Dourson introduce the geology and cultural history of the gorge but focus on the incredible diversity of both common and rare flora of this unique ecosystem. With over 1,000 color images and numerous illustrations covering over 1,500 species currently known to exist in the watershed, Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge is designed to be accessible to the casual hiker and of use to the seasoned naturalist. Rare and endangered species are highlighted as well as a few other important, but often ignored, non-flowering plant groups, including green algae, fungi, slime molds, lichens, and mosses. In addition, a small section on flowering woody vines, shrubs, and trees is included, making the book the most comprehensive natural guide to one of Kentucky's most well-known natural recreational areas.

Author : Will Hobbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442445475

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Downriver by Will Hobbs Pdf

Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Author : Grace Jordan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1954-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803251076

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Home Below Hell's Canyon by Grace Jordan Pdf

During the depression days of the early 1930s the Jordan family-Len Jordan (later governor of Idaho and a United States senator), his wife Grace, and their three small children-moved to an Idaho sheep ranch in the Snake River gorge just below Hell's Canyon, deepest scratch on the face of North America. "Cut off from the world for months at a time, the Jordans became virtually self-sufficient. Short of cash but long on courage, they raised and preserved their food, made their own soap, and educated their children."-Sterling North, New York World-Telegram "Home Below Hell's Canyon is valuable because it writes a little-known way of life into the national chronicle. We are put in touch with the kind of people who set the country on its feet and in the generations since have kept it there. . . . Primarily it is a book of courage and effort tempered by the warmth of those who trust in goodness and practice it."-Christian Science Monitor "The thrilling story of a modern pioneer family. . . . An intensely human account filled with fun, courage and rich family life."-Seattle Post Intelligencer

Author : Ruth Berkowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692440941

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Kidding Around the Gorge by Ruth Berkowitz Pdf

Rain or shine, the Gorge is full of opportunities for fun and adventure - whether you want to hike, bike, windsurf, kite board, pick fruit or eat ice cream. It's all here.

Author : Ronald M. Berger
Publisher : Bublish, Inc.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647041892

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The Gorge by Ronald M. Berger Pdf

"A bracing confluence of adventure, murder, and breathtaking scenery." — Kirkus "Fans of backwoods suspense will find this thriller strikes the perfect balance of tense excitement and opportunities for testing their deductive skills." —BookLife "...a fabulous read. I’d love to see more of Richard Carlyle and will be watching this author for more works of this caliber. The Gorge is most highly recommended." — Readers' Favorite "...a fabulous read. I’d love to see more of Richard Carlyle and will be watching this author for more works of this caliber. The Gorge is most highly recommended." — Readers' Favorite Perfect for fans of Peter Heller’s The River and Karen Dionne’s The Marsh King’s Daughter. It is not yet spring in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Whitewater rafting season has already begun, however. Streams filled with snowmelt are pouring into the Hudson Gorge, an almost inaccessible twelve-mile canyon. But someone who knows every foot of the backcountry is stalking those who are attempting to run the Gorge as the river reaches flood stage. Richard Carlyle, a former raft guide and veteran criminologist working with state and local police, is desperately searching for the person who has murdered two people already. Tracking the killer to a remote cabin in the Gorge, Carlyle confronts an ecoterrorist with a grudge against anyone who dares to invade his territory.

Author : Wendell Berry
Publisher : Counterpoint Press
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1593760922

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The Unforeseen Wilderness by Wendell Berry Pdf

A celebratory collection of essays and photographs, originally published as part of an effort to preserve Red River Gorge from plans to build a dam and a man-made lake, shares the T. S. Eliot Award-winning writer's perspectives on the gorge's wild beauty and the nature of rivers. Reprint.

Author : Ray Ellington
Publisher : Wolverine Publishing LLC
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-26
Category : Red River Gorge (Ky.)
ISBN : 1938393031

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Red River Gorge North by Ray Ellington Pdf

Author : Foster Huntington
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780751581942

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Off Grid Life by Foster Huntington Pdf

Bestselling Van Life author Foster Huntington shares his experiences - as well as others - living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places. After spending three years on the road living in a camper van, Foster Huntington continued his unconventional lifestyle by building a two-story treehouse. Foster, like many others, are finding freedom, tranquility, and adventure in living off the grid in unconventional homes. Perfect for fans of Van Life and Cabin Porn and those who yearn for a simpler existence, Off Grid Life showcases unique dwellings from all around the world. Organized into sections like tree houses, tiny houses, shipping containers, yurts, boathouses, barns, vans, and more, the 250 aspirational photographs feature enviable settings like stunning beaches, dramatic mountains and picturesque forests. Also included are images of fully designed interiors with kitchens and sleeping quarters as well as interviews with solo dwellers, couples, and families who are living lives off the beaten path.