Walking on Thin Air: A Life's Journey in 99 Steps

Geoff Nicholson has been walking his whole life, reflecting on the nature of walking, why we do it, how it benefits us, and how it can damage and destroy us. His recent diagnosis with a rare, incurable form of cancer has made him all too aware of his own mortality. He vows to continue to walk for as long as he can, and this moving, vital book describes his own walks and relates them to the walks of street photographers, artists, and writers. Walking on Thin Air is a celebration of being alive.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2023
Publisher: The Westbourne Press

Geoff Nicholson has been walking his whole life. Wherever he is and wherever he goes in the world, he walks and writes about what he sees and feels. Here he reflects on the nature of walking, why we do it, how it benefits us, and, in some cases, how it can damage and even destroy us. His recent diagnosis with a rare, incurable form of cancer has made him all too aware of his own mortality. Sooner or later, there will be a last step, a last excursion, a final drift, for him just as there will be for all of us. Geoff vows to continue to walk for as long as he can. This moving, vital book describes his own walks and relates them to the walks of street photographers, artists, and writers, such as Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Sophie Calle, Jorge Luis Borges, and Virginia Woolf, among many others. Walking on Thin Air is a book about mortality and, above all, a celebration of being alive.

Geoff Nicholson has been walking his whole life. Wherever he is and wherever he goes in the world, he walks and writes about what he sees and feels. Here he reflects on the nature of walking, why we do it, how it benefits us, and, in some cases, how it can damage and even destroy us. His recent diagnosis with a rare, incurable form of cancer has made him all too aware of his own mortality. Sooner or later, there will be a last step, a last excursion, a final drift, for him just as there will be for all of us. Geoff vows to continue to walk for as long as he can. This moving, vital book describes his own walks and relates them to the walks of street photographers, artists, and writers, such as Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Sophie Calle, Jorge Luis Borges, and Virginia Woolf, among many others. Walking on Thin Air is a book about mortality and, above all, a celebration of being alive.

Weight: 242g
Dimension: 135 x 216 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781908906571