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My Outdoor Life
- Narrated by: Ray Mears, Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
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 listeners. 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.
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- Yazzie
- 24-07-16
Ray Myers an exceptional and unique eoodsma
well written and structured book. Ray Myers is truly at the top of his game and I look forward to seeing him on the t.v. A truly remarkable man.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-10-19
chalk and cheese
I've always enjoyed Ray's tv programmes. he comes over as knowledgeable, amiable and able to get along with anybody. in this book he comes across as so far up himself that I really disliked him. I just found the book very irritating and Ray not someone I wanted to spend time with.
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- 001
- 18-04-16
Fantastic
Presenting his life story, Ray Mears gives am informative introduction him self. It was nice to hear his voice at the beginning. It's a shame he did not narrate the audio book in it's entirety - of course I'm sure there are reasons for this. Now the Narrator was superb and one gets the impression they have studied Rays vocals to the letter. I found my self hearing Rays voice in place of the narrator.
I'm 2/3 of the way through and it's brilliant to gain an insight to the vanishing indigenous peoples of the world and many a high tale is told.
a great book can't recommend highly enough.
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- Ruby Warburton
- 06-11-21
Very eye-opening
Thanks to Ray for taking the time to tell his story of how his passion first began and how he has pursued this as a lifelong career the tragedies and tribulations he has been through in his life to bring him to where he is now
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- NorfolkMan
- 01-07-21
Brilliant
An absolutely fantastic listen. I made journeys just to carry on listening. What a truly honest and open account of what has been (so far) a very remarkable life.
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- oliver rhodes
- 27-01-19
Wow
Was already a fan of Ray Mears. I now have even more respect for the guy. What a moving story.
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- John Rodgers
- 24-12-16
Good
Enjoyable. If you enjoy his shows you will enjoy this. A little slow in places but a good insight into a fascinating individual.
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- MigratingFishSwim
- 12-08-17
Fascinating and touching
Gripping mixture of the practical, the outlandish, the touching, and the fascinating. Very honest and insightful. Ray reads the intro so well that it was a shame when the second narrator took over, but still highly recommended
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-05-19
excellent insight
Well read but would have been better if Ray had read it himself. Fab insight into his world, how he started, improved and is still learning his skills. Touching moments of sadness combined with an honest account of personal feelings. Thank you for sharing
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- David
- 09-02-23
Ray Mears…
In all the years I’ve enjoyed the outdoor life, why haven’t I listened to this before….? A great book.
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