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Maximum Firing Range Gekan (Shincho Paperback) Japanese Language Book
Paperback
Published January 1, 1998
About the author
Steven Hunter
8 books4 followersRelish In the Tread is Steve Hunter’s first publication. He studied at college to become a Chef, then apprenticed around Canada before flying over to Australia, and working as a Chef De Parti. One day, his grandma passed away and his girlfriend dumped him shortly after. From there, he committed himself to the road. With no background from university or classical writer’s training, he spent 20 years training himself, honing his craft. Out on the road, living in a tent and working many random jobs, he found lots of time to read many of the great classics. Stacks of journals sit in his basement today. Collections of diaries first and then more like short stories from 88 countries and over 120,000 kilometres of hitchhiking.
While he loved hiking mountain trails, in 2013, on the advice of a friend he decided to walk across Spain on the famous – and flat – Camino de Santiago. In 2014, inspired by that overly commercialized trail, he forged his own path attempting to follow ancient routes from Rome to Istanbul. The year after that, he walked across half of Portugal. And later on, across the east coast of Taiwan. And later still, the Lykia Way in the south of Turkey. The road could teach us everything we needed to know. And then, through our own practice we could hone a craft worth sharing. If it was honest, pure, and from the core of our soul, the pages would have merit. If the work was for anything except sharing truths, if it was to monetize ourselves, then that craft had no purpose. Hunter’s words came from years of living hand to mouth, from a 12-kilogram backpack with little desire for more than to learn about the diverse cultures of our planet, the people movement that has shaped us, the colonial impressions that have been left on us and the wholehearted belief that our future lay in minimalism.
Growing up in the lower, middle class of a lunchbox town in the western world, it was easy to be engulfed by a bubble. Relish has been written for all those people who remained in their bubble. It’s for all those people who want to know what it is like to live on our planet, at the cliff edge, walking, slowly taking everything in. It is for all those too afraid to leave their comfort zone. And those who despite their best efforts live from an entitled perspective. Relish in the Tread is also for all Hunter’s long-termers out there that have been living the same kind of life for years and years, grabbing life by the nut-sack, never giving up, thirsty for knowledge and willing to sacrifice it all for the road. He’s met very few along the Way after 15 years. But when he did, he felt their souls connect. And he hopes that this book here does the same thing. It takes the soul of a road warrior and brings it into each reader. Especially, the lonely ones out there walking the planet that know the hardships, but recognize the value far more than any external, fictitious comfort that society either tells us to have or suggests we invest in. Relish in the Tread is an attempt to keep those people company who are in their tent right now, reading with a headlamp on, ignoring the howling cries of coyotes.
While he loved hiking mountain trails, in 2013, on the advice of a friend he decided to walk across Spain on the famous – and flat – Camino de Santiago. In 2014, inspired by that overly commercialized trail, he forged his own path attempting to follow ancient routes from Rome to Istanbul. The year after that, he walked across half of Portugal. And later on, across the east coast of Taiwan. And later still, the Lykia Way in the south of Turkey. The road could teach us everything we needed to know. And then, through our own practice we could hone a craft worth sharing. If it was honest, pure, and from the core of our soul, the pages would have merit. If the work was for anything except sharing truths, if it was to monetize ourselves, then that craft had no purpose. Hunter’s words came from years of living hand to mouth, from a 12-kilogram backpack with little desire for more than to learn about the diverse cultures of our planet, the people movement that has shaped us, the colonial impressions that have been left on us and the wholehearted belief that our future lay in minimalism.
Growing up in the lower, middle class of a lunchbox town in the western world, it was easy to be engulfed by a bubble. Relish has been written for all those people who remained in their bubble. It’s for all those people who want to know what it is like to live on our planet, at the cliff edge, walking, slowly taking everything in. It is for all those too afraid to leave their comfort zone. And those who despite their best efforts live from an entitled perspective. Relish in the Tread is also for all Hunter’s long-termers out there that have been living the same kind of life for years and years, grabbing life by the nut-sack, never giving up, thirsty for knowledge and willing to sacrifice it all for the road. He’s met very few along the Way after 15 years. But when he did, he felt their souls connect. And he hopes that this book here does the same thing. It takes the soul of a road warrior and brings it into each reader. Especially, the lonely ones out there walking the planet that know the hardships, but recognize the value far more than any external, fictitious comfort that society either tells us to have or suggests we invest in. Relish in the Tread is an attempt to keep those people company who are in their tent right now, reading with a headlamp on, ignoring the howling cries of coyotes.
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