Wild Companion: Sarawat & Hijaz

You are never alone in the mountains.

On remote peaks or tucked away in chasms, you are surrounded by friends, and by foes, visible to you only when you name them. The very trail beneath your feet has likely been carved by these mountain dwellers, and it is in their footsteps (and hoofsteps) that we follow.

A Wild Companion is your trusted introduction to 101 species of flora and fauna that take the Sarawat and Hijaz highlands as their home. Far from being a scientific index, this book interweaves ethnobotanical and ethnozoological knowledge, layering voices, memories, and ways of seeing together with poetry, recipes, art, and folklore. 

Branching off of the tradition of nature guides, this book is not a guide to some mystical place called wilderness. It is a friendly sage you take along the trail, spurring you to be rooted, feathered, gilled, ever-growing, and wilder!