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River Trilogy: Travels Down Three of the World's Greatest Rivers
While flying over the Ganges River on the border between Bangladesh and India, the rivers' almost human form captured the author's imagination and led him on a quest to explore three great rivers.
Over a period of four years he chose three watercourses he thought best characterized the river’s many personalities, then followed those rivers, slowly and thoughtfully, from their sources to their outlets.He tracked the Ganges from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, pedaled his bicycle along the Rhine from the Alps to the Atlantic, and hiked and paddled the Tatshenshini River through the Yukon, British Columbia and Alaska.
In the beginning he had wanted to define and categorize the rivers hoping in some way that by rationalizing them I could incorporate some of their power. But the rivers laughed at those fancies and proved again and again that they are too large to be placed in neatly arranged boxes.
As the years of exploration wore on he began to see the river, not only as the greatest storyteller, but as the most fundamental teacher. He saw that for those able to listen every stream has a tale to tell and every river has the wisdom to open another aspect of ourselves. We share the river’s fluid dreams and eventually the flow is incorporated into our own bodies. The river is a part of us, it is home.
Over a period of four years he chose three watercourses he thought best characterized the river’s many personalities, then followed those rivers, slowly and thoughtfully, from their sources to their outlets.He tracked the Ganges from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, pedaled his bicycle along the Rhine from the Alps to the Atlantic, and hiked and paddled the Tatshenshini River through the Yukon, British Columbia and Alaska.
In the beginning he had wanted to define and categorize the rivers hoping in some way that by rationalizing them I could incorporate some of their power. But the rivers laughed at those fancies and proved again and again that they are too large to be placed in neatly arranged boxes.
As the years of exploration wore on he began to see the river, not only as the greatest storyteller, but as the most fundamental teacher. He saw that for those able to listen every stream has a tale to tell and every river has the wisdom to open another aspect of ourselves. We share the river’s fluid dreams and eventually the flow is incorporated into our own bodies. The river is a part of us, it is home.
221 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2001
About the author
Jono Lineen
5 books7 followersJono Lineen is an author, museum curator and public speaker. His books include River Trilogy, Into the Heart of the Himalayas and Perfect Motion.
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