Was It Worth It? EPUB

If wilderness is outlawed,only outlaws can save wilderness. Edward Abbey

In a collection ofgripping stories of adventure, Doug Peacock, loner, iconoclast,environmentalist, and contemporary of Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived inthe wild, asking the question many ask in their twilight years: Was It WorthIt?

Recounting sojournswith Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug Tompkins, Jim Harrison, YvonChouinard and others, Peacock observes that what he calls solitary walks werethe greatest currency he and his buddies ever shared. He asserts that solitudeis the deepest well I have encountered in this life, and the introspection itaffords has made him who he is: a lifelong protector of the wilderness and itsmany awe-inspiring inhabitants.

With adventures bothclose to home (grizzlies in Yellowstone and jaguars in the high Sonoran Desert)and farther afield (tigers in Siberia, jaguars again in Belize, spirit bears inthe wilds of British Columbia, all the amazing birds of the Galapagos), Peacockacknowledges that Covid 19 has put everyones mortality in the lens now andits not necessarily a telephoto shot. Peacock recounts these adventures totry to understand and explain his perspective on Nature: That wilderness is theonly thing left worth saving.