My Outdoor Life, Ray Mears
My Outdoor Life, Ray Mears
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My Outdoor Life
The Sunday Times Bestseller

Author: Ray Mears

Narrator: Ray Mears, Simon Shepherd

Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2014


Synopsis

'If Ray Mears isn't a Great Living Englishman, then goodness me, who is? Ray is a persuader, pragmatist and populariser in the Durrell-Attenborough-Bellamy tradition.' - Robert Crampton, The Times

Ray Mears is a household name through his television series Tracks, World of Survival, Bushcraft Survival, The Real Heroes of Telemark and many more. He is a private individual who shuns publicity whenever possible and would prefer to let his many skills tell their own tale - until now.

In My Outdoor Life, Ray tells of his childhood and the formative years when he first developed a passion for both bushcraft and the martial arts skills that are central to his life. Having travelled the world several times over, he is no stranger to risk and has had more than his fair share of dangerous and life-threatening encounters to share with his readers. But his life is so much more than a tale of derring-do. Shortly after he returned to England having narrowly survived a serious helicopter crash, his father died. Just a year later, he had to face the death of his first wife Rachel. The book conveys the many sides of Ray Mears, taking us up to the present day - including the previously untold story of his involvement in the man-hunt for murderer Raoul Moat.

My Outdoor Life gives us all a chance to share a life-story as rich and as inspirational as a walk in woods with the man himself, Ray Mears.

About Ray Mears

Born in 1964, Ray Mears has travelled the world studying and teaching the art of survival. He has appeared extensively in TV programmes such as Bushcraft Survival , The Real Heroes of Telemark , Wild Food , and Ray Mears Goes Walkabout. As well as his TV and writing work, Ray founded Woodlore, School of Wilderness Bushcraft, in 1983, and has been teaching his unique bushcraft skills there for the past 25 years. In 2003 the Royal Geographical Society honoured him with the Ness Award for the popularisation of geography.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on July 08, 2019

I'll let Ray Mears off for this, because I love his TV shows, especially the Bushcraft series. By all means, read it for a more rounded perspective of the survival series', the making of Mears as an expert in his field, and for his unique insights into bushcraft. Just don't read it for the writing.......more

Goodreads review by Janet on December 11, 2013

I think you form a very good idea of what a person is like when you read a biography. I well remember, years ago, reading about about childrens' writer Enid Blyton, and ending up thinking what an awful person she was! With an autobiography your connection with the writer is even stronger, and my main......more

Goodreads review by Martin on August 05, 2014

I enjoyed reading this, though didn't feel able to give it more than 3 stars. I've got some criticisms, but feel uncomfortable to put them in print - after I've thought about this book a bit longer I may want to retract them! Suffice to say I enjoyed the book and was pleased to have been able to fin......more

Goodreads review by Bart on October 03, 2013

I'm not normally a fan of (auto)biographies, but My Outdoor Life is a pleasant read. You can feel throughout the book, Ray Mears isn't really comfortable talking about himself, which make the story he brings a humble, honest one. It is a very personal, small tale, which is best read when you are alre......more

Goodreads review by Fred_Likes_Words on February 03, 2021

This was a Xmas gift I wasn’t expecting to enjoy but after the first few uninteresting chapters about Ray’s childhood I actually found this a decent read. Highlights include his accounts filming with indigenous tribes, his 7 month journey through Africa and tracking Raoul Moat. There’s quite a lot of......more