My Outdoor Life

I seldom read auto/biographies but am sometimes compelled to buy one when I find that I'd actually be interested in how someone got to where they are. Good old Ray. I enjoy his TV work and envy his skills and lifestyle. I often wish I could go to Alaska and survive alone in the wilderness for a year or two.

But living in the woods and being self-contained, especially when you're earnest and hard-working as Ray just doesn't make for interesting reading. The poor guy constantly feels the need to defend himself, against what criticism I can't fathom, because he's clearly humble and driven by a passion for his work rather than self-promotion. Perhaps I would have been better with one of his ‘survival handbooks' and picked up some knowledge and gone out into the wilderness myself.