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Boyd Varty acquired an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside miracles. Founded more than 80 years ago as a hunting earth, Londolozi was changed into a nature reserve from 1973 by Varty's father and uncle, visionaries of the restoration movement. But it wasn't simply a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human nature to be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment, he emerged to the reserve to recuperate. Cathedral of the Outdoors is Varty's memoir of his life in this exquisite and great refuge. At Londolozi, Varty gained the self-assurance that emerges from living in Africa. "We came out strong and typically unafraid of life," he writes, "with the entire understanding of its dangers." It had been there that young Boyd and his evenly adventurous sister discovered to track animals, increased leopard and lion cubs, followed their larger-than-life uncle on his many journeys filming animals, and became one with the land. Varty survived a harrowing dark-colored mamba come across, a debilitating bout with malaria, even a vicious crocodile harm, but his biggest challenge was a personal crisis of goal. An intense spiritual quest will take him throughout the world and back again - to reconnect with nature and "rediscover the track". Cathedral of the Outdoors is a tale of transformation that inspires a great gratitude for the beauty and order of the natural world. With conviction, expectation, and laughter, Varty makes a passionate claim for the power of the untamed to revive the human nature.
