Mud Mountain: The Secret Diary of an Accidental Off-Gridder

by Atulya K. Bingham

"Inspiring and motivational."

Why would anyone move into a tent and live on a mountain for eight months? A mountain with no power, no water, and no permanent shelter to speak of.

Something has to have gone wrong.

In May 2011 Atulya K Bingham found herself camping alone on a remote Turkish hill. The experience changed the course of her life. Eventually, she built her own mud home, installed solar power and attempted to kiss The System goodbye.

114 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 5, 2016

About the author

Back in 2011, I ran spectacularly out of funds and ended up camping in a Turkish field. There was no power or running water on the land, and I had little outdoors survival knowledge. None of this mattered though, because my land was special. Magical even. It transformed me.

A few months later, despite knowing almost nothing about building, I gathered a team and constructed an earthbag house. It was probably the most empowering thing I've ever done. That story is documented in Mud Ball.

For five years, I continued living alone up on my beloved Mud Mountain until August 2016, when a peculiar set of events caused me to leave. That story is documented in my latest work Mud Mountain, the blog turned book.