(Free download) Riding the Ice Wind: By Kite and Sledge across Antarctica
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| #1984732 in Books | 2010-08-31 | 2010-08-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.45 x1.08 x6.23l,1.45 | File Name: 1848853068 | 272 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| an ordinary man in the antarctic|By fliropp|Initially I purchased this book because of the kite angle as I have personal interest in snowkiting and expedition kiting. I soon realised that was not the case as the guys were not very experienced kiters and also did not have that much wind during the expedition.
However, I read the whole thing because this is a good boo||
|*This is a heart-led account of one of the longest, hardest polar journeys of recent years. It is a testament that enduring hardship isn't about bravado but about a quiet, at times faltering, daily decision to endure.* -- Bear Grylls,
Leaving the security of friends, work, and a wife, Alastair Vere Nicoll joined a team of young men to harness the katabatic winds and haul and kite-surf across Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, most violent continent on earth. Not since Shackleton nearly perished attempting the same thing in his Endurance expedition had such a crossing been attempted. This is the story not only of the first West-to-East traverse of the continent of Antarctica, but of the crossi...
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