Never Pack an Ice-Axe

Never Pack an Ice-Axe
Author: Jules Brown
Publisher: Trust-Me Travel
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-06-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781916893634

You'd think a long-time travel writer would have some great travel tips. You'd think. Jules learns about travel the hard way, whether it's setting out on his first European hitch-hiking adventure, writing about offbeat destinations for Rough Guides, or braving the shouty waiters of Naples on the hunt for the world's best pizza. Not everything goes according to plan - what happened in Bali stays in Bali - but during a life in travel, Jules has racked up enough useful tips to fill a book. Just not this book. Hit the road with Jules - from Scotland to the South Pacific - and you're guaranteed a great story, a good laugh and an occasional heartfelt sob. As long as you don't listen to his advice, you'll be absolutely fine.

One Life One Chance

One Life One Chance
Author: Luke Richmond
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2018-02-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1925384381

Born to nomadic parents and humble beginnings, Luke Richmond grew up running wild and free in the Australian outback. After finishing school, he joined the Australian Army and served his country overseas as a qualified infantry soldier – an experience that sparked in him an unrelenting desire for adventure. But when he leaves the army Luke finds himself broke and adrift in London, caught up in the soulless world of drug and alcohol addiction. When he wakes up in a police cell with no memory of how he got there, he knows he has hit rock bottom, and makes the snap decision to turn his life around. Within days he is in Thailand, training his mind and body at a Muay Thai boxing camp in the jungles of Phuket. In suffering Luke finds his salvation, and he decides to make the most out of life by seeking adventure in remote corners of the world. Since then Luke has climbed the highest mountains on six continents, set a new world record for ocean rowing across the Atlantic, battled -60 degree temperatures in the Antarctic, witnessed death at high altitude, was held captive in the humid jungles of West Papua and has thrown himself from cliffs in the adrenalin-fueled world of BASE jumping. More than an awe-inspiring story of endurance and adventure, One Life One Chance will ultimately remind you that we only have one shot, so don’t waste a second of it.

A Year in the Wilderness

A Year in the Wilderness
Author: Amy Freeman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017
Genre: Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)
ISBN: 9781571313669

Since its establishment as a federally protected wilderness in 1964, the Boundary Waters has become one of our nation's most valuable--and most frequently visited--natural treasures. When Amy and Dave Freeman learned of toxic mining proposed within the area's watershed, they decided to take action--by spending a year in the wilderness, and sharing their experience through video, photos, and blogs with an audience of hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens. This book tells thedeeper story of their adventure in northern Minnesota: of loons whistling under a moonrise, of ice booming as it forms and cracks, of a moose and her calf swimming across a misty lake. With the magic--and urgent--message that has rallied an international audience to the campaign to save the Boundary Waters, A Year in the Wilderness is a rousing cry of witness activism, and a stunning tribute to this singularly beautiful region.

An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a Jar of Peanut Butter

An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a Jar of Peanut Butter
Author: Ira Spring
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This intermediate-level guide addresses tools, skills, and techniques used in alpine terrain including rock, snow, ice, and glaciers at moderate altitude - approximately 5000 meters (16,000 feet) and lower. The technical protection systems are covered, of course. But 30 years of alpine climbing experience has convinced the authors that mastery - and safety - lie in the far more difficult task of knowing exactly which techniques to use, where and when. Therefore, they teach step-by-step decision-making skills, providing scenarios, checklists, and self-posed questions to inform the decision process.

Don't Eat the Puffin

Don't Eat the Puffin
Author: Jules Brown
Publisher: Trust-Me Travel
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781916893610

Previously published as Takoradi to the Stars (via Huddersfield) by Jules Brown It's the job of his dreams. Get paid to travel and write about it. Only no one told Jules that it would mean eating oily seabirds, repeatedly falling off a husky sled, getting stranded on a Mediterranean island, and crash-landing in Iran. The exotic destinations come thick and fast - Hong Kong, Hawaii, Huddersfield - as Jules navigates what it means to be a travel writer in a world with endless surprises up its sleeve. Add in a cast of larger-than-life characters - Elvis, Captain Cook, his own travel-mad Dad - and an eye for the ridiculous, and this journey with Jules is one you won't want to miss.

Along the Divide

Along the Divide
Author: Chris Townsend
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2018-08-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1912240238

Winner of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Award for Excellence: Outdoor Book 2019Chris Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea. Walking before the Independence Referendum of 2014, and writing after the EU Referendum of 2016, he reflects on: nature and history, conservation and rewilding, land use and literature, and change in a time of limitless potential for both better and worse.

The Man Who Never Returned

The Man Who Never Returned
Author: Peter Quinn
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 153150082X

Peter Quinn’s The Man Who Never Returned is a noir-ish, stylized detective narrative set in 1950s New York. It follows Fintan, a retired detective turned private investigator who has been given the job of finding Judge Crater, who just went missing in 1930. Based on a real story, it is quite an intriguing tale that was even more so for people living at the time. The famous missing-person case is comparable to the Amelia Earhart missing-person case, though it could have been an even more interesting one. It was alleged that the missing judge may have had information about underhanded dealings in the New York judiciary. It was believed that if such information came to light, Franklin D. Roosevelt, then governor of New York, would have had a hard time becoming the president of the United States. There were also rumors that the judge, who was a known ladies’ man, had either decided to disappear or had fallen afoul of the mafia. Featuring hardboiled characters and a beautiful re-creation of New York from the ’50s, it is quite a compelling read.

Manuals Combined: USMC / MWTC Marine Corps Winter And Summer Mountain / Wilderness Medicine, Survival And Warfare Leader

Manuals Combined: USMC / MWTC Marine Corps Winter And Summer Mountain / Wilderness Medicine, Survival And Warfare Leader
Author:
Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
Total Pages: 3630
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

Over 3,600 total pages ... Contains the following publications: Small Unit Leader's Guide to Mountain Warfare Operations Mountain Leader’s Guide to Winter Operations Mountain Leader’s Guide to Mountain Warfare Operations Cold Region Operations Mountain Warfare Operations SUMMER SURVIVAL COURSE HANDBOOK WINTER SURVIVAL COURSE HANDBOOK ASSAULT CLIMBERS HANDBOOK COLD WEATHER MEDICINE COURSE WILDERNESS MEDICINE COURSE MOUNTAIN LEADER BOOK (SUMMER) MOUNTAIN LEADER MANUAL (WINTER)