Bøger af Tor and Siffy Torkildson

The Walkabout Chronicles: Epic Journeys by Foot. Introduction by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.This is an adventure-travel anthology featuring some of the greatest explorers, walkers, and writers of our time. These essays span the globe. Represented in the book are world walkers, scientists and archeologists, travelers, artists, explorers, and ordinary people who do extraordinary things. This book is a celebration of life, a tapestry of diversity, and a testament to living one's dreams. In The Walkabout Chronicles you will travel across the Himalaya, through the Darien Gap, into the heart of Africa, with reindeer herders in Mongolia, up to high elevation archeological sites, trek across the Aleutian Islands, follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo, and walk into your own neighborhood. This book contains 35 essays, stunning photography, and features inspirational explorers such as Wade Davis, Johan Reinhard, Helen Thayer, John Francis, Jon Turk, Pat Morrow, Don George, Jeff Fuchs, Lorie Karnath, Tony Mangan, Edwin Bernbaum, Mikael Strandberg, Brandon Wilson, Polly Letofsky, Levison Wood, Colin Monteath, James Dorsey, Maria Coffey, Steven Newman and many more. A unique book in the adventure travel genre and destined to become a classic in travel literature."The history of walking and writing is almost as old as culture: every step is a story, and every path tells. This marvelous collection adds a new mile to the written way, a new stride to the literature of the leg." -Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot"It all changes, everything, and walking illustrates that elemental condition of our lives. Nothing else so completely clears our minds or lays bare the soul of place. This monumental book, full of graceful prose by writers and explorers, walks us through the familiar, the unfamiliar and downright strange." Highly recommended Tim Cahill

What is your Quest in life? "The Pilgrimage Chronicles: Embrace the Quest," created and edited by Tor and Siffy Torkildson, leads us on a series of pilgrimages and explorations to the far reaches of the planet in search of and to celebrate the meaning of life in 33 essays. "The Pilgrimage Chronicles" is a unique travel book; it is a journey into the hidden territories of the human spirit and heart. This is a book of quests, transformation, life lessons, spiritual awakening, and deep contemplative travel both physically and metaphysically. This spirited collection, from an array of accomplished writers, pilgrims and explorers, will leave you inspired and hopeful."The Pilgrimage Chronicles" brings together a vast archive of talent, knowledge, and direct experience. It is a celebration of the human spirit, a tapestry of diversity, and a testament to living one's dreams. This book will inspire the reader to seek out the life they imagined."The Pilgrimage Chronicles: Embrace the Quest" is the second book in the Chronicles series. Published by Sacred World Explorations, Alaska."This wonderful anthology will inspire you to pursue your own quest and seek the life you have always imagined." Wade Davis"If curiosity is your religion, and high adventure your cup of tea, this book is guaranteed to spin your prayer wheel and satiate your thirst." Pat Morrow "This selection of personal narratives is the who's-who of the greatest writers and explorers on earth." James Dorsey "Alpinism is activity and storytelling....Torkildson's collection is proof." Reinhold Messner "The Pilgrimage Chronicles: Embrace the Quest brings together absorbing accounts of exceptional explorers from around the world. It is the kind of book that takes readers on journeys, physical and mental, that will stick in their minds for a long time to come. Only a year after their book The Walkabout Chronicles appeared, the editors, Tor and Siffy, have managed to once again pull off an important publishing event." Johan Reinhard