Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know - Brossura

Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340951834 ISBN 13: 9780340951835

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007

Riassunto

Ranulph Fiennes has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth. In the process he nearly died on several occasions, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, and raised millions of pounds for charity. He discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the South Pole. He was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen awarded him the Order of the British Empire for "human endeavor and charitable services." An elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, and a renowned explorer, Fiennes describes here in his own words his incredible journey through life.

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Recensione:

Acclaim for CAPTAIN SCOTT: 'No-one is better placed than Fiennes to understand what Scott may have experienced or to appreciate the enormity of his achievement. A gripping tale of courage and adventure.' (Daily Mail)

A valuable corrective . . . One by one, and with commendable attention to detail, Fiennes explodes the accumulated myths. The world will remember Scott and, to a lesser extent, Fiennes when the memory of the mean-spirited and misleading Huntford has long since melted away. (Justin Marozzi, Sunday Telegraph)

He is uniquely qualified . . . because only someone who has "man-hauled" across Antarctica can know what went on. Fiennes's own experiences certainly allow him to write vividly and with empathy of the hell that the men went through. He has valuable insights into the running of the Royal Geographical Society and the mounting of an expedition, and he does indeed right some wrongs. (The Sunday Times)

Descrizione del libro:

The extraordinary life story of the man described as 'the world's greatest living explorer' by the Guinness Book of Records

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0340951834
• ISBN 13: 9780340951835
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 402