Thrillseekers and Wanderers

Here’s another installment from my Tucson Festival of Books series.

This was easily my favorite lecture of the entire festival. I could have listened to Hampton Sides and Kevin Fedarko banter for hours; it was truly a shame this conversation lasted only one hour.

When Kevin Fedarko was asked to define was adventure was, he said that things have to go wrong. And as this video indicates, things went very wrong for him while hiking the length of the Grand Canyon (spoiler alert: they had to initially bail out after only three days):

Meanwhile, an adventure for Hampton Sides involves researching the adventures of others, such as Captain Cook’s final voyage.

Watch these two videos if you want to be entertained and learn something new. These are two authors I could listen to forever.

My books Memory Road Trip (e-book, paperback, audio) and Time Traveled (e-book, paperback, audio) are both available! You can also find them at most major international book sites.