Man Who Quit Money Coming to Capitola

It's been 12 years since Daniel Suelo spent a dime of his own. It took over a decade for his new lifestyle to earn huge recognition, but now his story is rolling across the world like a bowling ball on a well-greased lane. 

In the year 2000, Suelo made the decision to go off the grid. Since then he has lived in caves in the Utah Canyonlands, eating the wild vegetation and dead animals as well as any meals that friends bring him.

He now leads a life, according to the Penguin Publishing Group, of "freely giving and freely receiving."

Writer Mark Sundeen took notice of Suelo and his remarkable 12 years away from cash and authored The Man Who Quit Money, now an LA Times bestseller. The story is grabbing audiences everywhere. According to the Penguin Group, this BBC article on Suelo garnered over 250,000 hits in under 24 hours. 

Suelo and Sundeen will be presenting the book and Suelo's story together at the on May 9 at 7:30 as part of a larger book tour across California and the Pacific Northwest. 

Keep your eye out for an interview here on Patch with Suelo and Sundeen in the next few days and check out the video above to learn more about Suelo's remarkable life path. 

Have you read The Man Who Quit Money? Will you attend their talk? Tell us in the comments!

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