In March, 2025, I’m doing some free presentations and meet-and-greets in to promote my new book Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic.

“Waitaminute,” you might say, “I thought you were a jiu-jitsu guy?  What’s with this outdoor adventure rubbish?!?“

Well, nominally, this book is about a 1000-mile solo trip I did in the Arctic after a kidney transplant, but there’s a lot of overlap in it with martial arts training.

That’s because regardless of whether you’re training BJJ, or pushing yourself to the limits in the deep wilderness, you’re still doing continuous risk management, struggling with self-doubt, solving problems under stress, and looking for the strength to push on tomorrow.

Here are the times and dates confirmed so far…

MARCH 2ND, VANCOUVER, BC
Vancouver Outdoor Show on the Adventure Stage
5:15 PM

MARCH 7TH, BEAVERTON, OR
Powell’s (Cedar Hills Crossing)
7 PM

MARCH 9TH, VANCOUVER, BC
Indigo Books at Granville and Broadway
1-3 PM, Meet and greet only

MARCH 10TH, LAKE FOREST PARK, WA
Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park)
7 PM

MARCH 15TH, BURNABY, BC
Indigo Books at Metrotown
2 PM

MARCH 20TH, BELLINGHAM, WA
Village Books and Paper Dreams
6 PM, Registration Required

MARCH 22ND, VANCOUVER, BC
UBC Bookstore
1 PM

I’d love to share some of the lessons I’ve learned over the years and on this trip, so if you live in the Pacific Northwest, then I hope to maybe see you at one of these events!

Stephan

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