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The Adventurer's Handbook From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of a Desert by Mick Conefrey - Hardcover

The Adventurer's Handbook From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of a Desert by Mick Conefrey - Hardcover

by Mick Conefrey (Author), Mick Conefrey (Author)

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Synopsis

How do you survive a charging elephant? What's the best way to serve polar bear meat? Where do you find water in a desert? Learn the answers to these questions and more from the best instructors possible: a cast of famous explorers, including Livingstone, Shackleton and John Hunt.

Mick Conefrey delves into the original diaries and logs of the great expeditions to provide a winning combination of intrepid tales of yester-year and witty retro tips. You'll discover which famous explorer was cooked by Hawaiian natives and who was left on an ice floe in the Arctic by his drunk captain. Packed with fun facts and trivia, this is the perfect gift for hardened explorers and armchair adventurers alike.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: 07 Nov 2013
ISBN 10: 178074319X
ISBN 13: 9781780743196
Book Overview: Pick up your backpack and become the next Bear Grylls!

Media Reviews
`An irreverent but inspiring look at the history of adventure... [Conefrey] provides a combination of intrepid stories of yesteryear and amusing old-fashioned tips... not to mention some brilliant trivia.' * The Oldie *
An amazing collection of epic adventures. -- Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund Hillary
Mick Conefrey is a shrink, a raconteur and forensic analyst all wrapped into one. He gets right to the heart of what makes explorers tick. -- Stephen Venables, first British mountaineer to summit Everest without oxygen
A brilliant and original guide to getting back! -- George Band, youngest climber on the 1953 British Mt. Everest expedition and, with Joe Brown, the fi
Author Bio
Mick Conefrey is the acclaimed author of Everest 1953 and How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt. He has produced several BBC films on mountaineering and exploration, including The Race for Everest. He lives in Oxford.