BOOK The Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Transformation on Wild Water by Richard Bangs
(Paperback)
In the early
1970s, in a quest to run the last unexplored rivers of Africa, two young men
drowned: one a client on his first river expedition; the other, author Richard
Bangs's rafting partner and best friend, Lew Greenwald. Bangs and Greenwald, who
had pioneered several wild rivers in Africa, shared a goal to raft Ethiopia's
unrun Tekeze, but Greenwald's death and political turmoil made the dream
impossible.
Twenty-three years later, Bangs returned with survivors of
the earlier expeditions to complete what was left undone - to run the Tekeze.
The Lost River is the story of Bangs's mission to fulfill a promise, to close a
circle, and to face the ghosts of tragedy. It is also a deeply personal story as
Bangs recounts his beginnings on wild rivers, the relationships forged in
pursuit of adventure, and the primal joys that come from exploring uncharted
territory.
288 pages, 15 black-and-white photographs, copyright 1999,
publisher Sierra Club Books.
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