Tony's Blog

Our destination was a ridge above Hines Creek, where Betchkal planned to assemble a station to collect a month’s worth of continuous acoustic data documenting an intangible, invisible and — increasingly — endangered resource: natural sound. Our mission was not only to trap the ephemeral but also to experience it ourselves …

The book contains all that one expects as a collection of bits of wisdom and stories of achievement and motivation. In part because of its origin the reader who looks beneath the veneer of platitudes finds himself alternatively inspired to do what he hasn’t yet accomplished and embarrassment for failures due to his lack of effort or preparation. It is a great read full of inspiration.