Author : Mike Hope
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398487597
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)
Book Synopsis Stepping Out Of The Ordinary by : Mike Hope
Download or read book Stepping Out Of The Ordinary written by Mike Hope and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something gnawing away inside his body was suggesting it should be taken out of its comfort zone. At 30 years old, Mike discovered rock and winter climbing perhaps a little later in life, it just meant he had to train harder and catch up on the others rather quickly, pretty soon progression into the world of mountaineering, alpinism and interesting adventures were to follow. In writing from his personal accounts from Alaska to the southern tip of Patagonia or from Baffin Island to Norway’s Lofoten Isles, he endeavours to transport the reader to those remarkable worlds to become intimate with them and their extremes of remoteness, wanting to share the rawness and intimacy of nature which is truly inspirational. Conventional family holidays were a thing of the past as Lynne, his wife, joined in on some of the adventures. All of these were achieved while both held down full-time employment, Mike as a production manager and Lynne as a dental receptionist. Their offspring, Gary and Nicky, were not short of a few adventures of their own too. Unfortunately, in the places visited, the evidence became abundantly clear of our rapidly changing world and of the tragic impact the human race is having upon it.