Film pertains to a trip aboard the M/S Endeavour from November 12th to November 29th, 2004 of South Georgia and the Falklands which included a trekking party who crossed South Georgia Island following Shakleton's route, led by guides David Hahn, Deirdre Galbraith, James Norton
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Morning light : triumph at sea and tragedy on everest : a story of George Griffiths written by his wife, Margaret, based on tape recordings, letters, diaries, conversations and reports
Pertains to the travels of Thor Heyerdahl, John Ridgeway, Chay Blyth, John Fairfax, Sylvia Cook, Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnston, David Lewis, Wilfred Thesiger, John Blashford-Snell, Mike Jones, Maurice Herzog, John Hunt, Herbert Tichy, Walter Bonatti, Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner, Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary, Wally Herbert, Naomie Uemura, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Neil Armstrong, Geoff Yeadon, Oliver Statham
Contents
Introduction
Oceans:
1) Kon-tiki
2) Rowing the Atlantic
3) Across Two Oceans
4) The Man Who Raced Himself
5) Golden Globe
6) Ice Bird
Deserts:
7) The Empty Quarter
Rivers:
8) The Blue Nile
Mountains:
9) Annapurna, the First 1800
10) The Challenge of Everest
11) Cho Oyu
12) The Bonatti Pillar
13) Board Peak
14) Annapurna, South Face
15) Diamir - Messner on Nanga Parbat
The Poles:
16) The Crossing of Antarctica
17) The Last Great Polar Journey
18) Solo to the Pole
Air:
19) Double Eagle
Space:
20) First on the Moon
Beneath the Earth:
21) Dead Man's Handshake
Facets of Adventure
A Chronology of Adventure since 1945
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index
Notes
Addressed to Hans Gmoser from Philippe Delesalle - dated 1983