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Roman Dial

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A former National Geographic Explorer, Roman Dial is a pioneering outdoorsman based in Alaska, where he's made full-length traverses by foot, ski, pedal, and paddle of the Brooks and Alaska Ranges. He is a professor of mathematics and biology at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage.

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Accomplished explorer, scientist, and college professor tells his heartbreaking search for his missing son, also an explorer & scientist, in the jungles of Costa Rica. A memoir, he describes his own worldwide adventures, expands to his explorations with his new wife, and then shares the love with their kids. This long build-up feels like a begging for forgiveness. If he hadn’t done all of these things, his son wouldn’t have been an adventurer and gone missing. The search took 2 years dealing with bureaucracy, strong-arm politics, a deadly jungle, & not-quite honest reality tv producers supposedly helping him. If you’re looking for adventure, this isn’t the book for you, and if you just want a true crime novel, this book isn’t for you. It’s a long plea for atonement & confession. It is excellent. I’m also surprised that Costa Rica is quite the tourist destination. Its jungles sound pretty brutal to me.… (mer)
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KarenMonsen | 15 andra recensioner | Aug 22, 2023 |
Total page turner. I loved all the adventure travel tales, but the author/dad is a total narcissist and an unlikable narrator.
 
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eringill | 15 andra recensioner | Dec 25, 2022 |
Biologist, explorer, and adventurer Roman Dial’s memoir of his search for his son, Cody Roman, age 27, who went missing in the jungles of Costa Rica in 2014. Cody Roman had embarked on a solo trek through Central America, checking in with his dad via email. He had planned to go off trail through the Corcovado rain forest without a (required) guide. When Roman had not heard from his son, he traveled to Costa Rica to find Cody.*

Roman encountered uncooperative officials and stories that his son accompanied a local guide thought to be involved with drugs. The book covers the search, Cody’s youthful experiences growing up in Alaska, and past family trips to exotic locations. It takes readers into remote Costa Rica and the world of drug smugglers and illegal miners, as well as good-hearted locals who tried to help.

Roman and his wife consulted private investigators, investigated tips from psychics, and engaged a “documentary” producer. While the television cameras helped focus attention on the case, they also warped the story into a sensational reality-TV murder mystery. It is a story of frustration and parents doing everything possible to find a missing child.

This book is the story of a family’s crisis. It also portrays their appreciation for the natural world. Roman is candid in this account, admitting to doubts, faults, and feelings of guilt. I had not seen any of the media coverage, so the content was new to me. I found it riveting, moving, and tragic.

*Cody preferred to be called by his middle name, Roman. I am referring to him as Cody just to distinguish him from his father, also called Roman.
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Castlelass | 15 andra recensioner | Oct 30, 2022 |
This was quite a story and my heart goes out to the family, but it was very hard not to pass judgement on someone who willingly put themselves into very grave danger. I was angry and annoyed for a dozen different reasons while I read this.
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