The Flame of Adventure

The Flame of Adventure

by SimonYates (Author)

Synopsis

Over millions of years, humans have had the ability to adapt and change to different circumstances. In the past it was an adventure to survive, these days humans can control their environment and surroundings. Are humans neglecting their ability to adapt and change? Simon Yates explores that and other questions in an autobiographical narrative following numerous mountaineering expeditions and looks at the role adventure plays in our lives and the effect it has on them.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 01 Nov 2001

ISBN 10: 0224060457
ISBN 13: 9780224060455

Media Reviews
Praise for Against the Wall: Elegiac, intensely readable, full of the real excitement of climbing - the sudden knowledge that you are living in the rapidly closing window between beauty and death. - M. John Harrison, TLS
Author Bio
Simon Yates has climbed extensively in the Himalayas and the Andes, and travelled through India, Kazakhstan and Australia. His first book, Against the Wall, was runner-up for the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature.