Braving It

The powerful and affirming story of a father s journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches of AlaskaAlaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place So when James Campbell s cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his fifteen year old daughter, Aidan, to join him Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs But once there, Aidan embraced the wild She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap Under the supervision of Edna, Heimo s Yupik Eskimo wife, Aidan grew confident in the woods.Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home It would be their third and most ambitious trip, backpacking over Alaska s Brooks Range to the headwaters of the mighty Hulahula River, where they would assemble a folding canoe and paddle to the Arctic Ocean The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet s most remote places a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears.At turns poignant and humorous, Braving It is an ode to America s disappearing wilderness and a profound meditation on what it means for a child to grow up and a parent to finally, fully let go. New Read Books Braving It Author James Campbell – kino-fada.fr Have been reading this off and on throughout the past week and I have enjoyed everything about this amazing adventure story Though it turned out to be so muchJames decided to take his daughter Sudan, fifteen, with him to Alaska to help his cousin Heimo build a new cabin There Aidan will learn new skills, grow in confidence and experience something most never experience They would return two other times, though their last trip would be the most difficult.Reading about a way of life, a p Have been reading this off and on throughout the past week and I have enjoyed everything about this amazing adventure story Though it turned out to be so muchJames decided to take his daughter Sudan, fifteen, with him to Alaska to help his cousin Heimo build a new cabin There Aidan will learn new skills, grow in confidence and experience something most never experience They would return two other times, though their last trip would be the most difficult.Reading about a way of life, a place, that I know will never be mine is so wonderfully interesting Alaska with its wilderness, the dangers, animals, hunting, fishing, a whole different mindset Loved how Aidan and her father bonded, everything she learned, how she grew to love this wild place So special Though I can t get ov...I received a copy of Braving It through the Giveaways on Goodreads My appreciation to Penguin Random House and to James Campbell for the opportunity We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us John Muir No finer words to describe any place of wonder that speaks to you And Alaska has always harbored that voice inside of me I lived there in 2013 James Campbell s reflections on Talkeetna, Palmer, and, of c I received a copy of Braving It through the Giveaways on Goodreads My appreciation to Penguin Random House and to James Campbell for the opportunity We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us John Muir No finer words to describe any place of wonder that speaks to you And Alaska has always harbored that voice inside of me I lived there in 2013 James Campbell s reflections on Talkeetna, Palmer, and, of course, fishing in the Susitna River conjured fine memories But Campbell s memories traveled even further north into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.James Campbell and his daughter, Aidan, reside in Lodi, Wisconsin They possess that hardnosed outdoor gene that makes the heart wander to where the air is fresh and the water is pure and clean Campbell describes his phone call from his distant cousin, Heimo, inviting them to the wilderness to build a cabin from scratch I smile...they say a book is good when it draws you into the story in a way that makes the story yours, as if you lived it too This book achieved that for me I felt like i was the one hiking in the Alaskan wilderness, like i was the one kayaking in the hula hula River along Aidan and James, I was able to experience the Alaskan wilderness as i read this book , its detailing was formidable and i feel like i am ready to go to Alaska now not that I m actually going to go lol This book was about a fa they say a book is good when it draws you into the story in a way that makes the story yours, as if you lived it too This book achieved that for m...Rated 4.5 An excellent adventure memoir, BRAVING IT by James Campbell describes three thrilling expeditions into the Alaskan arctic wild with his daughter It s not just the individual journeys that are thrilling but the fact that a father and his fifteen year old daughter willingly went three times to brave the elements, when each experience threatens to break their adventurous spirit Forreviews, pl...It takes a certain kind of person to want to face the perils and hardships of Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Grizzly bears, polar bears, wolverines, wolves and extremely bitter cold weather would soon make anyone hesitant to explore the area But none of that deters James Campbell or his 15 year old daughter, Aidan.Campbell and his daughter actually make three trips to Alaska The first is to help James cousin Heimo build a new cabin in the wilderness The second time they return to It takes a certain kind of person to want to face the perils and hardships of Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Grizzly bears, polar bears, wolverines, wolves and extremely bitter cold weather would soon make anyone hesitant to explore the area But none of that deters James Campbell or his 15 year old daughter, Aidan.Campbell and his daughter actually make three trips to Alaska The first is to help James cousin Heimo build a new cabin in the wilderness The second time they return to help Heimo and his wife Edna set up their trap lines and hunt Their last trip is t...There are so many reasons to love this book I have read a lot of adventure travel memoirs and this was one of my favorites Braving It is a beautifully written book about a father who elects to take his 15 year old daughter into the Alaskan bush Once there, they have multiple adventures and the reader gets to go along for the ride However, Braving It is not just a journey through the wilderness, but an emotional journey as well Campbell does an excellent job depicting the very real struggles There are so many reasons to love this book I have read a lot of adventure travel memoirs and this was one of my favorites Braving It is a beautifully written book about a father who elects to take his 15 year old daughter into the Alaskan bush Once there, they have multiple adventures and the reader gets to go along for the ride However, Braving It is not just a journey through the wilderness, but an emotional journey as well Campbell ...Whether you are a thrill seeking traveler, a wanderer, an avid adventurer, or a cautious introvert that prefers to limit their risky expeditions to their living room, you will likely enjoy Braving It While I ve always recognized myself as the latter, I m happy to say that I ve walked away from this book feeling considerablylike the first.In Braving It, Campbell writes of three experiences he shared with his eldest daughter just 15 years old in the Arctic Wilderness Without being wordy, Whether you are a thrill seeking traveler, a wanderer, an avid adventurer, or a cautious introvert that prefers to limit their risky expeditions to their living room, you will likely enjoy Bravi...This is the kind of thing I wish I could have done when I was younger Seeingof the world, being a littleadventures and taking chances But, at this stage, I am just as happy to read about others adventures.That s the story in Braving It A Father, A Daughter, and An Unforgettable Journey Into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell.James Campbell and his fifteen year old daughter Aidan headed to the Alaskan wilds not once, but three times Winter and Summer They visited Heimo Korth and This is the kind of thing I wish I could have done when I was younger Seeingof the world, being a littleadventure...That is the thing about awe beauty and fear are inseparable I have been to Alaska in the wintertime and loved every moment of it But I never went north of Fairbanks and, even though I d once considered moving to Alaska, after I visited that thought never crossed my mind again It was just too big and too lonely for me.It takes a special kind of person to live up there or even visit, especially in the sparsely populated outer northern reaches of Alaska It IS one of the 50 United States b That is the thing about awe beauty and fear are inseparable I have been to Alaska in the wintertime and loved every moment of it But I never went north of Fairbanks and, even though I d once considered moving to Alaska, after I visited that thought never crossed my mind again It was just too big and too lonely for me.It takes a special kind of person to live up there or even visit, especially in the sparsely populated outer northern reaches of Alaska It IS one of the 50 Unit...This was an ok story, but I didn t love it I thought it would beAlthough the Alaskan wilderness is an extremely harsh place to live and visit, we already know that without reading this book It was an interesting story of a father daughter adventure, but it just wasn t very exciting I learned a few new things, but much of it I already knew from reading other adventure books I didn t particularly like the writing style Much of the dialogue seemed juvenile and I wondered why the autho This was an ok story, but I didn t love it I though...

• English
• 15 December 2018
James Campbell
• Hardcover
• 384 pages
• 0307461246
• James Campbell
• Braving It