Kayaking
Bangs (Photo illustration by Chistian Kallen)
Adventure
Books from Richard Bangs
“What
is adventure? Well, it's a lot of things — but it's sure
to quicken the pulse, fire the synapses and excite the living
daylights out of you.”
— Richard Bangs
Richard
Bangs began writing of his travels early in his career as
an adventurer, and to date has published over a dozen books and
hundreds of magazine articles, for which he has received many
awards and other recognition. (He's also written or co-authored
many scripts for television and other video formats — see
Movies and
Videos for a sample.) You can find his online writing at Yahoo!,
MSNBC and elsewhere, and a regular column runs in the New York
Times. Most of his books are still available from the links below.
Richard's newest book: Adventures with Purpose (Menasha Ridge Press, 2007)
Adventure Without End
by Richard Bangs
Foreword by Ed Viesturs
(The Mountaineers Books, 2001)
The
Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Transformation on Wild
Water
by Richard Bangs
(Sierra Club Books, 1999)
Islandgods:
Exploring the World's Most Exotic Islands, by Richard Bangs
and Pam Roberson
(Taylor Publishing, 1991)
Rivergods:
Exploring the World's Great Wild Rivers, by Richard Bangs
and Christian Kallen
(Sierra Club Books, 1986)
Peaks:
Seeking High Ground Across the Continents, by Richard Bangs
and Pamela Roberson
(Taylor Publishing, 1990)
Riding
the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze
by Richard Bangs and
Christian Kallen
(Atheneum, 1987)
Riding the Dragon's Back, by Richard Bangs and Christian
Kallen (Paperback edition, Laurel Expeditions, 1989)
Winner
of the Lowell Thomas Award, Best Travel Book of 1989
Paths
Less Travelled: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Exploration
Edited by Richard Bangs, Christian Kallen, with contributions
from Tim Cahill, Tom Robbins, Barry Lopez, Jay McInerny and others
(Atheneum, 1988)
