Grab a comfy spot and join Patagonia Baltimore in our monthly Book Club Meeting, where we choose a Patagonia published book to read for the month and then meet to discuss the contents with other readers.
For January, our book is Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edges of the Map written by Rick Ridgeway who shares his relationships with his fellow travelers.
This hardcover book of the month is available in store to purchase your copy at a 25% off throughout the month of January, and get it embossed with the Patagonia Baltimore store logo (designed by Emilee Beeson).
Take it home, to your local library, or nearest greenspace to read; then join us on January 28 at 6pm as we lead a discussion about how our commitments to protecting the wild places are shared.
Light refreshments will be provided. All attendees get a free bookmark (designed by local employee/artist Scott Carr) that represents the book.
The book of the month will be announced at the beginning of every month, or in the book club meeting for the next book.
Want to dig a littler deeper while reading? Use this reader's guide! Or for a quick read, click here.
Want to further your reading? Watch this video!
By the time he was thirty, Rick Ridgeway had gone on more adventures than most people do in an entire lifetime. Called “the real Indiana Jones” by Rolling Stone magazine, Ridgeway doesn't shy away from unknown territory. In fact, he seeks it.
Ridgeway is recognized as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. He was part of the 1978 team that were the first Americans to summit K2, the world's second-highest mountain, and he has climbed new routes and explored little-known regions on six continents.
Ridgeway is also an environmentalist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, and businessman. For fifteen years beginning in 2005 he oversaw environmental affairs at the outdoor clothing company Patagonia. Before joining Patagonia, he was owner/president of Adventure Photo & Film, a leading stock photo and film agency. He has authored six books and dozens of magazine articles and produced or directed many documentary films. He was honored by National Geographic with their Lifetime Achievement in Adventure Award and was awarded the Lowell Thomas Award by the Explorers’ Club.
Ridgeway serves on the boards of Tompkins Conservation and the Turtle Conservancy. He lives in Ojai, California.
