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“I think fear comes out of ignorance.” – Tim Cahill
Tim Cahill is a journalist, author, and pioneering travel writer.
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tim discuss hooking the reader from the first line of a story (2:15); the start of Tim’s career and his early experiences in journalism (8:50); travel writing in the 1970s, and the evolution of travel writing (16:30); his relationship with risk and fear (24:00); his brush with death in the Grand Canyon (36:45); and how his connection with walking and travel has changed as he has aged (51:00).
For more from Tim, check out his Rolling Stone and Outside archives, or his 2004 Q&A with Rolf.
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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.
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