Falling Uphill
Scott Stoll
** New 10th Anniversary Edition of the best-selling travel memoir.
** 2018 Indie Book Award for Memoir (Personal Struggle).
** Re-live Falling Uphill with a new afterword that paints the journey in a light that only time can tell.
** New bonus chapters.
In one week, Scott Stoll lost his job, his best friend, his girlfriend and his confidence. Disillusioned with society, full of angst, suffering from depression and with nothing left to lose Stoll asked himself a question: "If I only have one life, one chance, if I could do anything, what would I do?"
His answer resulted in a 4-year and 25,752-mile odyssey around the world by bicycle using nothing more than a paper map as a guide. Stoll searched for answers to the great mysteries of life, vowing to find happiness or die trying. The quest wasn't easy. He was imprisoned, held hostage, mugged, run over, suspected of terrorism, accused of espionage, nearly trampled by elephants, wounded, diseased, heartbroken -- he nearly died a dozen times. But more importantly, Stoll discovered the wonders of the world, kindness among strangers, the meaning of life, peace, love, faith and -- Yes! -- in the last place left to look, he found happiness.
Re-live and re-imagine an archetypal adventure as a man stumbles through moments of pure survival and moments of pure enlightenment.
"Stoll... is at once charming, innocent, fearless, and wise in his search for the world and himself. What does he find? Joy, tranquility, no end of personal challenges, and a whole lot more." ~ Larry Habegger, Executive Editor, Travelers’ Tales
** For more information, map, photographs, audiobook listener's guides and bonus content, please visit the author's website.
Duration - 13h 10m.
Author - Scott Stoll.
Narrator - Scott Stoll.
Published Date - Tuesday, 24 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2017 Scott Stoll ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
** New 10th Anniversary Edition of the best-selling travel memoir. ** 2018 Indie Book Award for Memoir (Personal Struggle). ** Re-live Falling Uphill with a new afterword that paints the journey in a light that only time can tell. ** New bonus chapters. In one week, Scott Stoll lost his job, his best friend, his girlfriend and his confidence. Disillusioned with society, full of angst, suffering from depression and with nothing left to lose Stoll asked himself a question: "If I only have one life, one chance, if I could do anything, what would I do?" His answer resulted in a 4-year and 25,752-mile odyssey around the world by bicycle using nothing more than a paper map as a guide. Stoll searched for answers to the great mysteries of life, vowing to find happiness or die trying. The quest wasn't easy. He was imprisoned, held hostage, mugged, run over, suspected of terrorism, accused of espionage, nearly trampled by elephants, wounded, diseased, heartbroken -- he nearly died a dozen times. But more importantly, Stoll discovered the wonders of the world, kindness among strangers, the meaning of life, peace, love, faith and -- Yes! -- in the last place left to look, he found happiness. Re-live and re-imagine an archetypal adventure as a man stumbles through moments of pure survival and moments of pure enlightenment. "Stoll... is at once charming, innocent, fearless, and wise in his search for the world and himself. What does he find? Joy, tranquility, no end of personal challenges, and a whole lot more." ~ Larry Habegger, Executive Editor, Travelers’ Tales ** For more information, map, photographs, audiobook listener's guides and bonus content, please visit the author's website. Duration - 13h 10m. Author - Scott Stoll. Narrator - Scott Stoll. Published Date - Tuesday, 24 January 2023. Copyright - © 2017 Scott Stoll ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:01:25
Acknowledgments
Duration:00:01:18
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:11
Introduction: What was the greatest discovery you made?
Duration:00:10:58
Part I: The Call of the Wild
Duration:00:00:19
Chapter 1: Why are you riding a bicycle around the world?
Duration:00:11:41
Chapter 2: How do you ride a bicycle around the world?
Duration:00:14:08
Chapter 3: Aren’t you scared?
Duration:00:13:17
Part II: Survival
Duration:00:00:18
Chapter 4: How are you?
Duration:00:19:23
Chapter 5: Give Money?
Duration:00:11:27
Chapter 6: What do you want?
Duration:00:18:50
Chapter 7: Where are you going?
Duration:00:12:58
Chapter 8: Where are you from?
Duration:00:11:40
Chapter 9: What are you doing?
Duration:00:18:29
Chapter 10: Did you ever get attacked by animals?
Duration:00:15:38
Chapter 11: Did you ever get attacked by people?
Duration:00:17:26
Chapter 12: Did you ever get robbed?
Duration:00:22:27
Chapter 13: Did you ever get run over?
Duration:00:19:02
Chapter 14: What’s the worst thing that happened?
Duration:00:16:30
Chapter 15: What’s the hardest part?
Duration:00:17:30
Chapter 16: Don’t your legs get tired?
Duration:00:16:39
Chapter 17: Don’t you get lost?
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter 18: Don’t you get sick?
Duration:00:09:18
Chapter 19: Where do you go to the toilet?
Duration:00:08:17
Chapter 20: Where do you sleep?
Duration:00:17:27
Chapter 21: Where do you find water?
Duration:00:09:04
Chapter 22: What do you eat?
Duration:00:14:36
Part III: Questing
Duration:00:00:17
Chapter 23: Why don’t you quit?
Duration:00:18:04
Chapter 24: How much does it cost?
Duration:00:16:27
Chapter 25: Can I help you?
Duration:00:17:38
Chapter 26: Would you please visit my home?
Duration:00:10:34
Chapter 27: Are you married?
Duration:00:23:33
Chapter 28: Do you have children?
Duration:00:19:40
Chapter 29: Don’t you miss your family?
Duration:00:16:00
Chapter 30: What is your tribe?
Duration:00:17:38
Chapter 31: Who cares?
Duration:00:11:37
Chapter 32: What are you trying to prove?
Duration:00:10:36
Chapter 33: How did you get so lucky?
Duration:00:08:12
Chapter 34: Are you crazy?
Duration:00:14:08
Chapter 35: Why? (Part 2)
Duration:00:08:05
Chapter 36: How? (Part 2)
Duration:00:16:09
PART IV: Oneness
Duration:00:00:44
Chapter 37: Are you on a spiritual journey?
Duration:00:14:10
Chapter 38: What gods do you worship?
Duration:00:13:55
Chapter 39: What was your favorite ___?
Duration:00:16:18
Chapter 40: Did you find peace?
Duration:00:12:29
Chapter 41: Did you fall in love?
Duration:00:15:37
Chapter 42: Did you find happiness?
Duration:00:09:56
Chapter 43: Do you believe in magic?
Duration:00:15:35
Chapter 44: Did you find the meaning of life?
Duration:00:18:48
Chapter 45: Did your trip change you?
Duration:00:10:46
Chapter 46: Did your trip change the world?
Duration:00:07:04
Chapter 47: Do you have any regrets?
Duration:00:11:11
Chapter 48: What are you going to do next?
Duration:00:19:32
Chapter 49: How does it feel to cycle around the world?
Duration:00:16:18
PART V: The Return Home
Duration:00:00:43
Chapter 50: What’s it like to return to the "real world"?
Duration:00:20:32
Chapter 51: Did you find what you were looking for?
Duration:00:27:52
Afterword: What are you doing now?
Duration:00:08:59
Closing epigraph
Duration:00:00:07
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:54