Traveler from the Past
Hardcover
Adventurers & ExplorersBiographies General
ISBN13: 9781088044308
Publisher: Roger Brown
Published: Aug 25 2022
Pages: 752
Weight: 2.57
Height: 1.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Come along and join me and my friends, traveling to almost 70 countries on an adventure that spans a lifetime. Experience sailing Tropic Tramp, a 53-foot Gaff rigged Ketch sailboat around 15,000 miles from British Columbia to South America and across the South Pacific; experience outstanding diving and fishing. Come along on a seven-month Walkabout from New Zealand thru Indonesia and SE Asia, and experience several treks in the Himalayas, Tibet, and China. Years exploring Mexico by sea and road. Come to work on an offshore drilling platform, log in the forest, haul livestock, and clean up train wrecks across the West. Fight forest fires with heavy equipment that spanned 55 years. Ride along while hauling heavy construction equipment on 7 and 9-axle rigs. Experience designing and building numerous timber and straw bale homes in California and Mexico. I'll share what it's like to be a diesel mechanic. Feel the shock of building a road in the jungle and coming upon a 12-foot Boa Constructor or looking up and seeing a Mountain Lion sitting within 10 feet above while walking thru the jungle. Experience restoring numerous antique trucks and machinery. I'll share packing mules in the national parks, simply come along for the ride and keep me company.
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