Boundless | Greg Hopkinson
Mountford Media
Published: 19 May 2014
RRP: $29.99
Available
at booksellers nationwide or via www.boundless.info
Greg
Hopkinson was born in 1958 on the West Coast of the South Island. The West
Coast is a rugged, dramatic place that tends to shape the lives of the small
group of people who live there. Greg was attracted to the more adventurous
characters at school – all of whom had a natural inclination to extend the
envelope of acceptable behaviour. He studied engineering at the University of
Canterbury by day and partied hard at night.
After
graduating he worked as an engineer in a diverse range of industries and
locations before co-establishing a construction business in the Soviet Union as
things started to unravel under Gorbachev's stewardship. This was a tumultuous time – a phase when
every aspect of life appeared limitless. Few foreigners travelled and engaged
with the Soviets as much as Greg did during this period of rapid change – as a
consequence he appears to have an intimate understanding of the enigmatic Russians
of that era.
Back in
New Zealand he established a very successful chain of retail stores with his
wife and a group of friends. But as Greg’s marriage finally failed and he
exited the business he went on his quest to find a better way in life. He found
that and now lives in a remote location in New Zealand’s South Island high
country with his partner Sally. They are both monks of an ancient non-religious
teaching. He travels extensively and fills his life with the things that make
him content – skiing, walking in the bush near his home, socialising and
chipping away at a range of diverse projects.
Boundless, the book, is part of a bigger project. Boundless
Facebook, Twitter and website are now live and are already getting great
feedback (from as far away as the UK). More information on the project is available
at www.boundless.info.
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