Five Years To Freedom by Nick Rowe - a little dated now maybe but an astounding achievement by a remarkable man who ended his life years later murdered by a bunch of pondlife drug dealers!
Five Years To Freedom by Nick Rowe - a little dated now maybe but an astounding achievement by a remarkable man who ended his life years later murdered by a bunch of pondlife drug dealers!
Lots of good stuff up there, esp Terray, Krakauer, Murakami
WH Murray - Undiscovered Scotland/Mountaineering in Scotland
Neil Bascomb - The Perfect Mile
The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
An account of Scott's last expedition. Apsley was one of the group who travelled across antarctica to get a penguin egg.
Penguin eggOriginally Posted by LazySod
Poacher turned game-keeper
Thanks for the recommendations. Looks like some quality shizzle mixed up in there.
I've recently enjoyed A Voyage for Madmen, Peter Nicholls about the Golden Globe Race (first solo circumnavigation). An excellent tale of a group of obsessed, driven, very brave and highly resourceful men.
Got a holiday coming up and am taking a few with me:
Bonfire of the Vanities, Jude the Obscure, a few Le Carre books, plus I might just try and finish jodg's Rising '44
"The best shield is to accept the pain, then what can really destroy me?"
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I think it was the result of a heavy night drinking- they needed an egg for the morning fry up.Penguin egg
(Actually they wanted to look and see if the penguin foetus looked like a dinosaur)
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