Bibliograph

Limits of the known, David Roberts

Type

Label

Limits of the known, David Roberts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-301)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Limits of the known

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

988277152

Responsibility statement

David Roberts

Summary

A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventuresand explorations, past and present. --PublisherRoberts, a celebrated mountaineer, has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. Reflecting on humanity's-- and his own-- relationship to extreme risk, he examines the motivations of explorers who have pushed the limits of the human body on their perilous journeys. Then he considers our future in a world we will have mapped and trodden from end to end. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Farthest north -- Blank on the map -- Prehistoric 5.10 -- The quest for the other -- First descent -- First contact -- The undiscovered Earth -- The future of adventure

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