Wings of Will
Exploring the limits of human potential.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DISSAPPEARING INTO THE WILD?
FOLLOW THE TRACKS OF AUTHOR AND ADVENTURER SAM AINSWORTH ON HIS JOURNEY DEEP INTO THE HARSH REALITY OF SURVIVAL IN HIS NEW BOOK
SPENDING HIS LIFE SAVINGS ON A REMOTE PIECE OF LAND IN CANADA, THE AUTHOR CONFRONTS HUNGRY BEARS, GIANT MOOSE AND EXTREME ISOLATION.
ALONE IN THE FORESTED MOUNTAINS OF CAPE BRETON, SAM ATTEMPTS TO BUILD A WILDERNESS CABIN BEFORE THE DEADLY COLD OF WINTER FREEZES THE LAND.
CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN IS A MAGNIFICENT ODE TO THE NATURAL WORLD, A THRILLING STORY OF RESILIENCE AND A JOURNEY OF A MAN SEARCHING FOR MEANING.
SAM WRITES BEAUTIFULLY ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED AND HOW WE ARE ALL SHAPED BY OUR ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS.
IF YOU ENJOYED INTO THE WILD, YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK.
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2019 was a great year with the filming of a documentary of my life in the mountains for Dutch National TV.
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WRITING
Chapter 3 from Call of the Mountain
“Each entered the forest at a point where he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path.”
Joseph Campbell
The sound of the truck faded over the distant hills. My friend had just dropped me and my tools off in the woods. It was early May. The forest lay silent. I was hungover and alone
Before me on the forest floor, lay a large pile of camping equipment, food and tools. I loaded a fraction of the bare essentials into my pack and slung it onto my back. I tightened up the shoulder straps and looked back at the hills that rose between me and the world that I was leaving behind. I had prepared for months to get to this point and now that I was here I felt empty and unsure. The fantasy I had created in my mind about life in the forest had been fantastically beautiful. My foggy mind, the heavy pack and pathless forest before me was a crushing contrast to my imagined utopia.
I turned north, took a deep breath and stepped into the solemn forest.
Wings of Will
Exploring the limits of human potential.