Bruce Kirkby is an acclaimed adventurer, writer and photographer. With journeys spanning more than eighty countries and thirty years, Kirkby’s accomplishments include the first modern crossing of Arabia’s Empty Quarter by camel, a descent of Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Gorge by raft, a sea kayak traverse of Borneo’s northern coast and a coast-to-coast Icelandic trek. A columnist for The Globe and Mail, author of three bestselling books and winner of multiple National Magazine Awards, Kirkby’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Outside magazine and Canadian Geographic. He makes his home in Kimberley, BC.

Resources:
BRUCE KIRKBY – The Wild. Stories. Now.
Bruce Kirkby’s Instagram page
Big Crazy Family Adventure – TV series about Bruce Kirkby’s family adventure
Headspace meditation app

Bruce’s books:
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia’s Great Southern Desert
The Dolphin’s Tooth: A Decade in Search of Adventure –

Bruce’s book recommendations:
Caught Inside : A Surfer’s Year on the California Coast (Daniel Duane)
The Snow Leopard (Peter Matthiessen)
The Golden Spruce (John Vaillant)
Skeletons on the Sahara (Dean King)