Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor, known by the trail name ‘Texas Yeti’, is an adventurer, author, and committed advocate of creative living. He treats the changes in his life as opportunities for adventure. The antipode of Walter Mitty, he makes real all the different lives he imagines.

After living as a Marine, overseas oilfield worker, and tech entrepreneur, Taylor reinvented himself again in his late 50s. He solo trekked the Rocky Mountains in winter to retrace the route of Lewis & Clark, worked as a backcountry packer and guide in Idaho, and wintered alone in the Frank Church Wilderness in the style of Jeremiah Johnson. In his late 60s, he moved to Poland to retire as an expat... the latest experiment in a life of adventure.

The journal from his solo trek became “Lost on Purpose,” a Kindle #1 Bestseller and the first in his five-book “Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti” series. He writes to inspire others to embrace adventure in their lives.

His message is simple: adventure isn’t reserved for the rich or sponsored. A regular person – even in their 50s or 60s – can live the lives they imagine.