15 - Bruce Kirkby
Episode description
My guest in this podcast is Bruce Kirkby. He is a Canadian wilderness writer and adventure photographer who has been recognized for connecting wild places with contemporary issues.
Over his 30 year career, he has traveled through 80 countries, and his accomplishments include being on the first modern crossing of Arabia’s Empty Quarter desert by camel, a descent of Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Gorge by raft, a sea kayak traverse of Borneo’s norther coast and a trek across Iceland. He is a columnist for the Globe and Mail, and author of two bestselling books. Our conversation focuses on his newest book Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya. He and his wife took their two young boys (ages 7 and 3) on a journey to visit a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the mountains of the Himalayas, and he describes what they learned about life, about priorities, and their son’s autism.
Listen in! You won’t be disappointed.
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