The Zen of the Wild John Jennings and builds to the storms

and builds to the storms of climate change

I’m speaking to you from my apartment in Oakland

After reading that a group of contemporary scientists were hoping to de-extinct Sicyos villosus using biotechnologies that could recover its DNA from Darwin’s specimen

either including a magical ingredient

still ahead of his time

The Zen of the Wild John Jennings and builds to the stormsFrom the author of The Zen of Climbing and The Craft of Bouldering, a manifesto for a new approach to connecting meaningfully with the wildness around and within us. As we live increasingly urbanised lives, we seek out wilderness and green space in times of hardship and turmoil, or simply during our leisure time. In the process of exploring and understanding more about the benefits of being in nature, many of us have taken up swimming, forest bathing,