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Shekhdar, Jim: Bold Man of the Sea - My Epic Journey
Book Number: 38869
Hodder and Stoughton 2001 8vo. Trade paperback. 255pp. In the tradition of the great and maybe eccentric travellers he overcame endless obstacles in reaching his goal, from the blank refusal of Chilean officials to let him start because they believed he had no chance of success, to forgetting a can opener and taking only two towels. He had to fend off sharks with a makeshift harpoon, most of his navigation and communication equipment failed, he came within ten metres of being crushed by an oil tanker and Hurricane Paula threatened to overwhelm him.
Keywords: Row across the Pacific
Price: $15.00 |
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Man, Tim the Yowie: The adventures of Tim the Yowie Man: Cryptonaturalist
Book Number: 42915
Random House Australia 2001 8vo softcover 299pp very good. Illustrated with b&w photo's. Adventures include The Yowie, The Alien Big Cat, The Hawaiian Lava-tube monster, Sasquatch, Bunyip, Loch Ness Monster, Aquatic Beastie, Ghosts of Old Parliment House, Alkimos Shipwreck, Cryptic Earthworks, Stonehenge, Min Min Light, Little Green Men, The Alien Starchild.
Keywords: The adventures of Tim the Yowie Man Cryptonaturalist Man Tim the Yowie
Price: $12.00 |
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Hanbury-Tenison, Robin. (editor): The Seventy Great Journeys in History
Book Number: 44916
Thames and Hudson 2006 4to. hardcover. 304pp. index, colour illus, maps. Fine. / Near Fine d/w.
Keywords: explorers adventure history antarctic sailing discovery
Price: $45.00 |
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Russell, Jerry and Renny: On The Loose
Book Number: 49886
A Sierra Club-Balantine Book 8vo. Softcover. 122pp. Very good. po inscription on ffl. On The Loose is a chronicle of triumph and tragedy, the triumph of gaining an insight about oneself through an understanding of the natural world, the tragedy of seeing the splendor of that world increasingly threatened by men who don't know or don't care. Includes photo's in colour and b&w of Point Reyes, Yosemite, the High Sierra, the Great Basin, Glen Canyon, a few backyards.
Keywords: Trekking throug Nevade, Pacific Shore, Plateau Province of Colorado and Utah
Price: $10.00 |
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Kelly, Kieran: Aspiring: Mountain Climbing is No Cure for Middle-Age
Book Number: 51093
Macmillan Australia 24 Jun 2008 8vo softcover 304 pp very good. Aged 54, Kieran Kelly, a man terrified of heights, decided to learn to climb mountains. It was a decision taken to ward off his fears of ageing, and to fill the void in his life left as his children grew up and moved away from home. On the perilous slopes of Mount Aspiring in New Zealand, Kieran was to discover more than just how to climb mountains. Forced by the brutal realities of the mountain to confront his real motivations for taking up such a dangerous sport, Kieran found himself reliving a past he would rather not have remembered. Aspiring is a book about what drives men, and how much our past shapes the people we are. It is also a thrilling account of the experience of climbing for the first time, with all its terror and elation. Gripping, stark and powerful, Aspiring examines the way we overcome our inner demons, as well as our outer fears.
Keywords: Aspiring Mountain Climbing is No Cure for Middle Age Kelly Kieran
Price: $8.00 |
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Hattingh, Garth: The Outdoor Survival Manual
Book Number: 51372
New Holland Publishers Ltd November 1, 2001 4to hardcover 160pp very good / very good d/w. Testing the ability to survive unaided in the outdoors - whether moors, mountains, deserts or sea - is becoming increasingly popular. The Outdoor Survival Manual approaches the subject for the ordinary reader who has an interest in adventure travel and in self-sufficiency. This book explains how to prepare for a trip into the wilderness anywhere in the world and how to be safe once there. Illustrated with superb photographs, step-by-step diagrams and detailed graphics, it includes orienteering and navigation skills, getting along with wildlife (from insects to bears), meeting essential water and food needs, building a shelter and, in emergencies, surviving life-threatening events. Filled with information and inspiring to look at, the book's approach is environment-conscious as well as safety-conscious. From packing the right gear, to re-learning the outdoor skills that were probably second-nature to our ancestors, this is the perfect reference work for trekkers, backpackers and other adventure travellers.
Keywords: The Outdoor Survival Manual Hattingh Garth
Price: $18.00 |
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Swan, Heather: Defying gavity, defying fearr: One woman's journey
Book Number: 51902
ABC Books 2001 8vo softcover 276pp as new, signed by author. Illustrated with photo's. Defying Gravity, Defying Feardescribes one woman's journey to overcome a most innate fear-to climb one of the highest peaks in the world and then jump off.Heather Swan, executive and mother to four children, heard her mountaineer husband claim one day that 'anyone could jump off the highest cliff in the world'. Despite having had no mountaineering experience, she decided to be the one to take up the challenge. This involved an extraordinary mental and physical training program to prepare her to climb the Great TrangoTower in Pakistan and make a jump that would involve free-falling more than 1000 feet before opening a parachute and floating to a glacier below. The project became the subject of a televison documentary, BASEClimb 2.The issues of parental and individual responsibility provide a controversial backdrop. While some will see Heather as irresponsible for risking her life, others will recognise the importance of passionate living.
Keywords: Defying gravity defying fear One woman's journey Swan Heather
Price: $16.00 |
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Pugh, Lewis Gordon: Achieving the Impossible
Book Number: 53016
Simon & Schuster, London 2010 8vo. hardcover. 343pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: swimming swim north pole explorer norway north cape
Price: $18.00 |
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Paulsen, Gary: Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Book Number: 53592
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt March 1, 1994 8vo Hardcover in d/w. 272pp very good. Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, and hallucinations in the relentless push to go on. Map and color photographs.
Keywords: Biography/Autobiography Winterdance The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Paulsen Gary
Price: $14.00 |
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Fogle, Ben: The Accidental Adventurer
Book Number: 53821
Bantam Press 2011 8vo. hardcover. 326pp. index, colour illus. Near Fine. / Near Fine d/w.
Keywords: true adventure row atlantic antarctica
Price: $15.00 |
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