Tim Cahill (born 1944 in

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) is a

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who lives in

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, United States. He is a founding

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of ''Outside'' magazine and currently serves as an editor at large for the

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Biography

Cahill spent his childhood primarily in

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. He attended the

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on a swimming scholarship. Along with professional long-distance driver Garry Sowerby, Cahill set a world record for speed in driving the entire length of the American continents, from

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in southern

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up along the

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to Prudhoe Bay,

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in twenty-three days, twenty-two hours, and forty-three minutes. This trip was the source material for his 1991 book ''Road Fever''. He has written several books recounting his

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experiences and blends his own brand of humor into his stories. He is a frequent contributor to

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magazine. Cahill lost his wife, Linnea Larson, to a traffic accident in April 2008.Linnea Larson obituary
Bozeman Chronicle, May 2, 2008 (accessed online 2009-02-04)

Bibliography

*'' Buried Dreams : Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer'', Bantam Books: 1986. *'' Jaguars Ripped My Flesh: Adventure is a Risky Business'', Bantam Books: 1987. *'' A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg'', Vintage Books: 1989. *'' Road Fever: A High-Speed Travelogue'', Random House: 1991. *'' Pecked To Death By Ducks'', Random House: 1993. *'' Pass The Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered'', Villard: 1997. *'' Dolphins (book)'', National Geographic: 2000. *'' Hold The Enlightenment'', Villard: 2002. *'' Lost in my own Backyard : a Walk in Yellowstone National Park'', Crown Journeys: 2004. *'' Not So Funny When It Happened : the Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure'' (editor), Travelers' Tales: 2000.

References

External links

Tim Cahill, Mishap Maestro
Outside Bozeman, March 2000 (accessed online 2009-04-02)
A Google Map of Cahill's transcontinental drive in "Road Fever"

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