Kurt Hoelting: Reading and Signing

Name: Kurt Hoelting: Reading and Signing
Start: 2025-10-15T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 220 N Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT, United States, Montana 59802

Schedule

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

220 N Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT, United States, Montana 59802 | Missoula, MT

About the Book: In Apprentice to the Wild, long-time wilderness guide and meditation teacher Kurt Hoelting charts the evolution of his path from his early encounters with wildness and risk on commercial fishing vessels in Alaska to his embrace of Zen practice as a gateway to the wild within. Inspired by the words and friendship of Gary Snyder, Hoelting founded Inside Passages, guiding mindfulness-based kayaking expeditions in Alaska focused on how the “practice of the wild” informs both our inner and outer landscapes.
About the Author: Kurt Hoelting grew up by the shores of Puget Sound, workin summers as a commercial fisherman and wilderness guide in Alaska for fifty years. A graduate of the University of Washington and Harvard of Divinity School, he is an ordained minister and Zen student, who has blended his love of wilderness exploration with an equal passion for exploring the “wild within.”A mindfulness teacher in a variety of contexts, he served as Head Guide with Inside Passages, leading mindfulness-based sea kayaking expeditions in the Tongass region of Southeast Alaska. He makes his home on Whidbey Island.