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WALK
A self-help book about walking and life
214 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 23, 2013
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Robert Twigger
26 books106 followersRobert Twigger is a British author who has been described as, 'a 19th Century adventurer trapped in the body of a 21st Century writer'. He attended Oxford University and later spent a year training at Martial Arts with the Tokyo Riot Police. He has won the Newdigate prize for poetry, the Somerset Maugham award for literature and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.
In 1997, whilst on an expedition in Northern Borneo, he discovered a line of menhirs crossing into Kalimantan. In 1998 He was part of the team that caught the world's longest snake- documented in the Channel 4/National Geographic film and book Big Snake; later he was the leader of the expedition that was the first to cross Western Canada in a birchbark canoe since 1793. Most recently, in 2009-2010, he led an expedition that was the first to cross the 700 km Great Sand Sea of the Egyptian Sahara solely on foot.
He has also written for newspapers and magazines such as The Daily Telegraph, Maxim and Esquire, and has published several poetry collections, including one in 2003, with Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing.
Robert has published Real Men Eat Puffer Fish (2008), a humorous but comprehensive guide to frequently overlooked but not exclusively masculine pastimes, while his latest novel Dr. Ragab's Universal Language, was published to acclaim in July 2009. Robert now lives in Cairo, a move chronicled in his book Lost Oasis. He has lead several desert expeditions with 'The Explorer School'.
Robert has given lectures on the topic of 'Lifeshifting', an approach which emphasises the need to centre one's life around meaning-driven motivation. Drawing on experiences working with indigenous peoples from around the world, he has spoken on 'work tribes' and polymathy. He has also spoken on leadership. Some of these talks have been to companies such as Procter and Gamble, Maersk Shipping, SAB Miller and Oracle computing.
In 1997, whilst on an expedition in Northern Borneo, he discovered a line of menhirs crossing into Kalimantan. In 1998 He was part of the team that caught the world's longest snake- documented in the Channel 4/National Geographic film and book Big Snake; later he was the leader of the expedition that was the first to cross Western Canada in a birchbark canoe since 1793. Most recently, in 2009-2010, he led an expedition that was the first to cross the 700 km Great Sand Sea of the Egyptian Sahara solely on foot.
He has also written for newspapers and magazines such as The Daily Telegraph, Maxim and Esquire, and has published several poetry collections, including one in 2003, with Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing.
Robert has published Real Men Eat Puffer Fish (2008), a humorous but comprehensive guide to frequently overlooked but not exclusively masculine pastimes, while his latest novel Dr. Ragab's Universal Language, was published to acclaim in July 2009. Robert now lives in Cairo, a move chronicled in his book Lost Oasis. He has lead several desert expeditions with 'The Explorer School'.
Robert has given lectures on the topic of 'Lifeshifting', an approach which emphasises the need to centre one's life around meaning-driven motivation. Drawing on experiences working with indigenous peoples from around the world, he has spoken on 'work tribes' and polymathy. He has also spoken on leadership. Some of these talks have been to companies such as Procter and Gamble, Maersk Shipping, SAB Miller and Oracle computing.
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February 20, 2022
Lot of spelling mistakes, but excellent book. Short chapters. Nice metaphor to use long hike as a parallel for life.
I found myself highlighting stuff in nearly every section of this book. A great deal of common sense and novel takes on common sense stuff.
He makes a good differentiation between the "path" and "the way" in life.
I found myself highlighting stuff in nearly every section of this book. A great deal of common sense and novel takes on common sense stuff.
He makes a good differentiation between the "path" and "the way" in life.
July 1, 2014
YESSS! I yelled happily within me because quite from the start of my reading, it became clear that WALKING is what I´m going to do onwards. No more laid back musings for me, thanks. Now, some weeks later, my walking kit is complete with a light weight tent and sleeping bag. My feet know what´s coming and they´re fit and ready to go. I´m looking forward to leave my comfort zone.
Think what a book can do!
Twigger tells about a hike he has done along the French 866kilometres long GR10 that runs roughly along the Spanish border. Hardships and adventures are interspersed with interesting reflections about happiness, time and tempo, focus on details, the brain´s plasticity (a TV-watching brain is different from a chess-playing brain), stress hormones killing brain cells, smart thinking and much, much more.
Walk is a very enjoyable and encouraging book. It´s also a really effective kick-starter.
Think what a book can do!
Twigger tells about a hike he has done along the French 866kilometres long GR10 that runs roughly along the Spanish border. Hardships and adventures are interspersed with interesting reflections about happiness, time and tempo, focus on details, the brain´s plasticity (a TV-watching brain is different from a chess-playing brain), stress hormones killing brain cells, smart thinking and much, much more.
Walk is a very enjoyable and encouraging book. It´s also a really effective kick-starter.
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