Cycling Home From Siberia
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Cycling Home From Siberia
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Author : Rob Lilwall
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-04-05
Cycling Home From Siberia written by Rob Lilwall and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“ It is late October, and the temperature is already –40 degrees . . . My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts; and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.” Having left his job as a high-school geography teacher, Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped only with a bike and a healthy dose of fear. Cycling Home from Siberia recounts his epic three-and-a-half-year, 30,000-mile journey back to England via the foreboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone, and Afghanistan’s war-torn Hindu Kush. A gripping story of endurance and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey, providing poignant insight into life on the road in some of the world’s toughest corners.
Off The Map
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Author : Mark Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Modern Times
Release Date : 2008-05-27
Off The Map written by Mark Jenkins and has been published by Modern Times this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-27 with Travel categories.
With this brilliant account of his journey—at once edge-of-your-seat exciting and literary—Mark Jenkins established himself as the master of adventure/travel writing. In 1989 he and six companions—two Americans and four Russians—set out on an arduous, first-ever crossing of Siberia by bike, cycling across rutted dirt roads, swamps, the Ural Mountains, and through Moscow and Leningrad. This beautifully repackaged edition of Jenkins's travel classic vividly chronicles the highlights of this amazing voyage, including a month spent biking through an 800-mile swamp and the team's interactions with some fascinating characters—from the widow who makes Mark sleep in her dead son's bed to the Lithuanian searching for the concentration camp where his wife spent her childhood. Combining the exhilaration of record-setting adventure with thoughtful introspection, Jenkins's words allow readers to recognize the extraordinary in the day-to-day lives of ordinary Russians. USA Today called Off the Map "a literary epic." Newsweek declared "the ornery, observant Jenkins [is] good company on every page." And Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, wrote: "Jenkins is a master of the fundamental writer's talent: an ability to see things in new ways, as no one has ever seen them before."
Off The Rails
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Author : Chris Hatherly
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-09-01
Off The Rails written by Chris Hatherly and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Travel categories.
This is the true story of two twenty-year old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story of perseverance, passion, and belief as it is about the people and remarkable landscapes of Siberia and Mongolia. Tim and Chris are not just fearless adventurers but philosophers on wheels, willing and able to open themselves up to everything from the voice of the Steppes to the Russian villagers and the nomads of the Gobi desert. From this they draw an often funny, moving and inspirational tale of living out a dream. Mixed into this journey is the story of their tumultuous relationship as two opposing wills battle it out in the midst of heat, snow and hunger.
The Boy Who Biked The World Part Three
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Author : Alastair Humphreys
language : en
Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books
Release Date : 2015-09-30
The Boy Who Biked The World Part Three written by Alastair Humphreys and has been published by Eye & Lightning Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-30 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Tom dreamed of being an adventurer. But people told him he was crazy, so he decided to prove them wrong by cycling round the world! Books One and Two follow Tom crossing Europe and descending Africa, then pedalling through the Americas to Alaska. In Part Three - the final leg of his journey - he continues to have amazing experiences. He tackles the freezing temperatures of Siberia, rides behind reindeer in Russia, floats in a Japanese pool watched by monkeys and follows the Great Wall of China. Finally, he bikes back home to England. Tom learns about the world, and himself, as he tackles this epic journey. Based on the author's personal adventure and with engaging illustrations, maps and handwritten journal entries throughout, this book provides an immersive experience for any young adventurer.
A Siberian Winter S Tale Cycling To The Edge Of Insanity And The End Of The World
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Author : Helen Lloyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-12-16
A Siberian Winter S Tale Cycling To The Edge Of Insanity And The End Of The World written by Helen Lloyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-16 with categories.
A Journey of Discovery driven by the Call of the Wild. In the depth of winter, Helen Lloyd spent three months cycling solo across one of the most remote, coldest inhabited regions of the planet - Siberia. In temperatures down to -50 C, she battled against the cold, overcoming her fear of wolves and falling through the ice of a frozen lake. Alone in a hibernating land with little to stimulate the senses, the biggest challenges were with her mind as she struggled with the solitude. With flashes of humour and riveting, graphic descriptions that will have you living each moment with her, Helen Lloyd describes the fear, uncertainty and joy of riding through a frozen, icy world. Yet, A Siberian Winter's Tale is a touching story full of warm-hearted moments that are gifted to Helen by strangers along the Road of Bones."
Walking Home From Mongolia
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Author : Rob Lilwall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Walking Home From Mongolia written by Rob Lilwall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with China categories.
CYCLING HOME FROM SIBERIA author Rob Lilwall's unique adventure through freezing China from Mongolia to Hong Kong - this time on foot.
Walking Home From Mongolia
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Author : Rob Lilwall
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-11-21
Walking Home From Mongolia written by Rob Lilwall and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Starting in the Gobi desert in winter, adventurer Rob Lilwall sets out on an extraordinary six-month journey, walking almost 5000 kilometres across China. Along the way he and his cameraman Leon brave the toxic insides of China's longest road tunnel, explore desolate stretches of the Great Wall and endure interrogation by the Chinese police. As they walk on through the heart of China, the exuberant hospitality of cave dwellers, coal miners and desert nomads keeps them going, despite sub-zero blizzards and the treacherous terrain. Rob writes with humour and honesty about the hardships of the walk, reflecting on the nature of pilgrimage and the uncertainties of an adventuring career. He also gives a unique insight into life on the road amid the epic landscapes and rapidly industrialising cities of backwater China.
Off The Rails
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Author : Tim Cope
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Global
Release Date : 2003
Off The Rails written by Tim Cope and has been published by Penguin Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Asia, Central categories.
It was one of those moments when you become so deeply involved with the experience that you begin to blend with the dirt. This is the story of two twenty year old boys who travel on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia, the Gobi Desert, Mongolia to Beijing, in China. The journey takes fourteen months to complete across some of the world's most hard-to-access terrain.
The Two Wheeled World Of George B Thayer
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Author : Kevin J. Hayes
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-11-01
The Two Wheeled World Of George B Thayer written by Kevin J. Hayes and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY categories.
Cyclotourism has recently risen to prominence with growing national media coverage and thousands of participants taking to America's roadways on two wheels and under their own pedal power. But the concept is not new. More than a century ago, George B. Thayer took his own first "century," or one-hundred-mile bicycle ride. The Two-Wheeled World of George B. Thayer brings to life the experience of late nineteenth-century cycling through the heartfelt story of this important cycling pioneer. In 1886, just two years after his first century, Thayer rode his high wheeler across the United States, traveling from his home in Connecticut to California and back. Thayer took an indirect route without any intent to set speed records, but his trip was full of adventure nonetheless. Thayer loved going downhill, his legs over the handlebars, risking life and limb atop the large wheel on often rough and muddy roads. With aplomb and humor, he dealt with the countless other hazards he encountered, including dogs, mule teams, and wild hogs. Even bad weather and poor sleeping conditions could not keep Thayer down. After his epic tour across the United States, Thayer had the urge to cycle abroad and eventually toured England, Germany, Belgium, and Canada on his bike. His later travels were in part aided by his hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, which was the epicenter of American bicycle manufacturing in the late 1890s. In addition to telling Thayer's cycling story, Kevin J. Hayes brings to life the culture of cycling and its rise at the end of the nineteenth century, when bikes became more affordable and the nation's riding craze took off.
Lonely Planet Russia
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Author : Lonely Planet
language : en
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Release Date : 2018-03-01
Lonely Planet Russia written by Lonely Planet and has been published by Lonely Planet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-01 with Travel categories.
Lonely Planet's Russia is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Brush up on your Soviet history in Moscow and St Petersburg, explore European Russia and its gingerbread cottages and golden domes, or lose yourself in the wilds of Siberia and the east; all with your trusted travel companion.