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Reflections on a Twelve-Hour Mystical Experience in India india mysticism travel May 19, 2020

At the age of twelve, I had a brush with death that changed me.

On the first day of a weekend father-son canoe trip in the Ozarks, the canoe carrying my dad and I capsized, and we were both sent overboard into the cold, fast-moving water. In the chaotic next seconds, my lifejacket snagged on...

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Brad Wetzler Author Book Writing Coach

Brad Wetzler

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Brad Wetzler is an author, journalist, editor, and book writing coach. His articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, GQ, National Geographic, Newsweek, Wired, Men's Journal, Travel + Leisure, George, Best American Travel Writing, and Outside, where he was a senior editor and contributing editor. His book, Real Mosquitoes Don't Eat Meat, was a collection of columns he wrote for Outside. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, where, in addition to writing and coaching writers, he teaches yoga.