A story of perseverance and bravery, Keira Pacheco

Wildboy: To the Edge and Back
Brando Yelavich
Penguin Random House
pub. 2017

 

12 March, 2021

“I was on the brink of being so cold I couldn’t feel anymore, I realised I had hypothermia and I needed to do something right now, if I didn’t I was going to die…”

Wildboy: To the Edge and Back by Brando Yelavich talks about his death-defying walk around Stewart Island. This is a sequel to Wildboy – an adventurous account of his 600-day trek around the coastline of New Zealand but on that journey in 2014, he missed out on the hardest part of this beautiful country –  Stewart Island.  Read more

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Awesome inspiration, Abishkar Palma

Wildboy
Brando Yelavich
Penguin Random House
2015

 

Wildboy is an autobiography in which the author writes about his 600 day journey all around New Zealand on foot. In each chapter of the book, he paints a very visual picture of his journey, be it Nelson to Karamea, or the final stretch of Whangarei to Cape Reinga. He describes his experiences of suffering hypothermia, almost dying, and living off the land. The book also shows that, no matter who you are and what upbringing or disability you have, you can accomplish anything.

Brando grew up loved, but became a bit of a vagabond.  Read more

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