Flying South A Pilot's Inner Journey Author:Barbara Cushman Rowell, Galen Rowell Flying South A Pilots Inner Journey by Barbara Cushman Rowell Photographs by Barbara and Galen Rowell Call it love at first flight. Barbara Cushman Rowell was already a powerhouse by anyones measure, but it wasnt until she tried flying that she found the inner fulfillment and sense of self shed longed for all her life. A... more »s the driving force behind husband Galen Rowells business success, Barbaras adventures and accomplishments had always been the byproduct of her husbands career. Until, that is, she took off and sailed into a strata all her own. FLYING SOUTH is the hair-raising, reflective, and ultimately inspiring story of Barbaras trip of a lifetimea 25,000-mile, 57-leg journey through Latin America and the recesses of her soul, discovering unrealized self-confidence, irrepressible resourcefulness, and vast reserves of emotional and physical strength she never knew she had. And what a journey it was. She recounts landing in the middle of a coup in Panama, narrowly escaping disaster when key flight instruments failed over Peru, flying herself to an oral surgeon after a mouth-smashing rafting accident on the Bio Bio River in Chile, fighting plane-shredding winds over the Andes, and surviving a life-threatening and disorienting tropical storm off the coast of Brazilall while navigating the pervasive and demoralizing chauvinism of the aviation world. But much more than a harrowing page-turner, Barbaras tale of finding herself through flight inspires us all to go after the experiences we long for, and to live the lives we only wish for.« less