Will Harlan is editor in chief of Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine and an award-winning journalist. He has written for National Geographic Adventure and appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Will’s book Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island is a New York Times Best Seller, a Barnes & Noble Discover Award Finalist, the Society of Environmental Journalist’s Rachel Carson Book Award winner, Malott Prize winner, The Daily Beast’s Top 10 Books of 2014, one of Amazon’s Top 100 Books of 2014.
Will is also one of the country’s top trail runners. He is the five-time champion of the Mount Mitchell 40-Mile Challenge, a race to the top of the highest peak in the East. He holds the record for the fastest unsupported run of the Appalachian Trail through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was the 2009 champion of the Caballo Blanco Copper Canyon 50-Mile Ultramarathon, made famous by the bestselling book Born to Run.
Will, his wife, and their two sons live on an off-grid organic farm adjacent to the Big Ivy section of Pisgah National Forest. He is founder of Friends of Big Ivy, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the old-growth forests, water, and wildlife in Big Ivy. He also is executive director of Barefoot Farm and Barefoot Seeds.
Enjoy this one hour Living Well episode where Will shares about writing his book “Untamed”, the remarkable life of Carol Ruckdeschel, and the rich history and conservation efforts of Cumberland Island.
Living Well with Will Harlan on AshevilleFM, August 31, 2015
