Was It Worth It?

“If wilderness is outlawed,only outlaws can save wilderness.” Edward Abbey In a collection ofgripping stories of adventure, Doug Peacock, loner, iconoclast,environmentalist, and contemporary of Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived inthe wild, asking the question many ask in their twilight years: “Was It WorthIt?” Recounting sojournswith Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug Tompkins, Jim Harrison, YvonChouinard and others, Peacock observes that what he calls “solitary walks” werethe greatest