Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on the last of the West’s great rivers Audiobook (Free)

2012 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK Honor WINNER

Anything Worthy of Doing tells the memorable true story of larger-than-life whitewater raft books Clancy Reece and Jon Barker, two guys who talk about a love of wild rivers and an unbending can to live life on their terms, regardless of the cost.

Clancy’s motto, ‘Anything worth doing will probably be worth overdoing,’ prospects them into a 10 years of beautiful-and beautifully strange-river travels. Then, on June 8, 1996, in pursuit of a 24-hour acceleration record they plan to talk about only with a handful of friends, the men release Clancy’s handmade dory, his proudest possession, onto Idaho’s renowned Salmon River at peak flood of the extreme high water year. This time around the odds meet up with them.

With clarity reminiscent of Krakauer’s In to the Wild, whitewater veteran Jo Deurbrouck carries us down the West’s great rivers and into the hearts, minds and homes of this rare breed for whom security is optional but freedom and passion aren’t. Anything Well worth Doing-taut and efficient, yet rich with insight-is destined to be an adventure traditional.