Icarus Syndrome

By: John Long

Narrated by: John Long

Taking risks and exploring the unknown are as vital to human beings as our need for air, for growth, for affirmation, for something. These 19 stories reach deep into humanity's compulsion for the rush of new experiences. But gently, because it's not only records we might shatter. Where does adventure turn to recklessness? What happens when we toe the edge above the void and face the big silence, where we might see God—and die without warning? The Icarus Syndrome seeks to capture our push for more and hold it to the light, lofty and free, for as long as we dare tempt the downward slip. Both are possible; only one is assured.

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It was pretty intense

This book has some absolutely wild stories in it. Also as a climber I really enjoyed having John Long read me a book.

John Long comes alive!

I read Shooting the Tubes as a kid. To hear John Long himself read his stories KICKED ASS! this is one of the best Audiable books yet. Please do more.

The dirt where the pit in your stomach finds root.

A beautiful collection of stories about how "Why?" is the wrong question written and narrated by a master of adventure. John Long provides a glassy eyed stare past the motivations that book end the epochs of life into the style of how these chapters unwind to show each of us the opportunity to find something truly important.

Riveting

A big plus for Icarus Syndrome is that the author, John Long, does the narration. At times intense, at times laugh out loud, always vivid and alive. The guy can really turn a phrase. And he has lived the life behind these stories. Can't miss with this one.

World class writing

No one can string a sentence together or turn a phrase like Largo. A master of rock and pen.