About Chris:
He’s an International Bestselling Author … Former Royal Marine Commando … Adventurer and Expedition Leader … Traveler Across 80 Countries on 7 Continents … Polar Diver and Antarctic Explorer … Pilot … Skydiver … Scuba Diver … Marathon Runner … Ski and Snowboarder …Travel and Magazine Writer
Chris Thrall was born in the UK. At eighteen, he joined the Royal Marine Commandos. Following active service in the Northern Ireland Conflict and training in Arctic warfare and survival, he earned his parachutist’s ‘wings’ and went on to serve as part of a high-security detachment onboard an aircraft carrier.
In 1995, Chris moved to Hong Kong to oversee the Asia-Pacific expansion of a successful network-marketing operation he’d built, part-time, while serving in the Forces. Less than a year later, he was homeless, in psychosis from crystal meth addiction and working for the 14K, a Hong Kong triad crime family, as a doorman in the infamous Wan Chai red-light district.
Eating Smoke, a humorous yet deeply moving memoir, is his account of what happened .