So grateful that Taylor recommended this book Life Lived Wild to us which has been such a treat to read and try to get to know a bit more of what his reference points are these days as he is growing so much in Santa Cruz and soaking up so much from his time in the outdoors.
This quote from the beginning of the book is one that is sticking with me:
“I once calculated that I have spent over five years’ total time sleeping in tents, and most of that in small tents pitched in the world’s most remote regions. I say that not to boast but to offer it as a measure of time spent deeply connected to wildness, because that connection has shaped the way I have lived my life, teaching me to distinguish what I call matters of consequence from matters of inconsequence.”
~Rick Ridgeway (Life Lived Wild)
Doug Tompkins, Rick Ridgeway, and Yvon Chouinard on a first ascent of Cerro Kristina, Southern Andes, Chile
"Rick Ridgeway, Yvon Chouinard, and Doug Tompkins were the original dirtbags. In their early days, they’d earn just enough to eat, surf, ski, climb, and buy a few cold beers. In 1968, Yvon, Doug, and friend Dick Dorworth bought an old van and drove it from Ventura, California to Patagonia to climb Cerro Fitz Roy with an English climber named Chris Jones. This would be the third-ever ascent of the mountain. They documented their trip and made an iconic film they would call Mountain of Storms. For them, life was about experiencing…life. It was less about summiting or sending…or how fast you made it up there…or what you saw when you finally reached the top. What really mattered were all the life that was lived and all the stories shared along the way…it was the journey and how that journey redefined each of them that mattered most. The more recent film 180° South and Rick’s memoir Life Lived Wild further emphasize this..."
https://trailscollective.com/2023/06/07/matters-of-inconsequence/The reference to "matters of consequence" and "matters of inconsequence" come from the classic book The Little Prince:
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