Falling Uphill - 3rd Edition by Scott Stoll (Paperback)

About the Book

Stoll asked himself: "If I could do anything, what would I do?" His answer was to ride a bicycle around the world and find happiness. Re-live an archetypal adventure as a man stumbles through moments of pure survival and pure enlightenment.

Book Synopsis

** New 10th Anniversary Edition of the best-selling travel memoir.

** 2018 Indie Book Award for Memoir (Personal Struggle).

** Re-live Falling Uphill with a new afterword that paints the journey in a light that only time can tell.

** New bonus chapters.

** Over one hundred photographs (color photos in e-book only)!

In one week, Scott Stoll lost his job, his best friend, his girlfriend and his confidence. Disillusioned with society, full of angst, suffering from depression and with nothing left to lose Stoll asked himself a question: "If I only have one life, one chance, if I could do anything, what would I do?"

His answer resulted in a 4-year and 25,752-mile odyssey around the world by bicycle using nothing more than a paper map as a guide. Stoll searched for answers to the great mysteries of life, vowing to find happiness or die trying. The quest wasn't easy. He was imprisoned, held hostage, mugged, run over, suspected of terrorism, accused of espionage, nearly trampled by elephants, wounded, diseased, heartbroken -- he nearly died a dozen times. But more importantly, Stoll discovered the wonders of the world, kindness among strangers, the meaning of life, peace, love, faith and-Yes!-in the last place left to look, he found happiness.

Re-live and re-imagine an archetypal adventure as a man stumbles through moments of pure survival and moments of pure enlightenment.

** For more information, reader guides, and bonus content, please visit the author's website.

Review Quotes

Stoll did some planning but allowed chance to govern his journey.
The New York Times

[Stoll] did something most of us would not do: He decided to ride his bicycle around the world. His impulse isn't as strange as it might sound. Humans have always sought answers to life's perplexing questions by undertaking long and arduous journeys.
San Francisco Chronicle

It was an exhausting yet exhilarating trip filled with both human kindness and
treachery, with nature's beauty, challenge and danger.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Scott Stoll lives a life the rest of us only dream of. With a keen eye and an open heart, he expresses the joys and aggravations of traveling the world on two wheels.
Michael Berry, Bay Area book critic

Scott Stoll's cycling journey around the world raises countless questions about life in our time and answers quite a few of them. He is at once charming, innocent, fearless, and wise in his search for the world and himself. What does he find? Joy, tranquility, no end of personal challenges, and a whole lot more.
Larry Habegger, Executive Editor, Travelers' Tales

Stoll has some harrowing and heart-warming tales to tell.
San Diego Union-Tribune

Stoll's attitude and observations verge on Paul Theroux, which I love!
The Gear Junkie, Stephen Regenold

See! There's something else for us out there. We just have to dream a little bit.
WGN Chicago

The book is fascinating to read.
Showcase Minnesota

A bad day turned into an incredible adventure.
KION News Monterey

They are fascinating books. [Falling Uphill series] And, I'm telling you--I really enjoyed reading about [Stoll's] experiences. Wisconsin Public Radio, Larry Meiller Show
What do you do when everything around you seems to crumble? Break down and cry? Roll downhill? Soldier on? Scott Stoll found an alternative: Get on your bike and fall uphill.
Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina)

A Milwaukee man has ended his 40,220 kilometer trip in Cape Town. He cycled through snow in Lesotho, was thrown in jail and landed in a hospital -- in search of happiness... [But] it was a journey that was not all downhill.
Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)