Stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. That's how hunting author Peter Ryan describes his latest book Riding the Echo Down: Hunting Adventures from New Zealand and Around the World. The book is a collection of illustrated essays exploring hunting and the natural world and includes previously unpublished historical and modern images, vintage ephemera, maps, journal entries, news clippings, and artwork. It follows stories of hunters and adventurers from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and New Zealand. Peter Ryan has hunted around the world. After time spent in New Zealand and Australia, he volunteered for an aid project in southern Africa which led to an epic series of solo journeys across South America and Africa. His writing and images have appeared in hunting journals including Sporting Classics, Gray's Sporting Journal, Fieldsports and NZ Hunter. He speaks to Kathryn Ryan.