John Dunlop

Broschiertes Buch

The Wandering Pilgrim

Expeditions to the NZ Alps, Changabang, Khan Tengri, Everest and Broad Peak

Beschreibung

Adventurers are a breed apart. Mere mortals regard their extreme activities with awe and amazement. Why do they put themselves through such hardship and pain, facing needless risk and injury? "Because it's there" is the simple time-worn answer provided by one of their breed quoted in The Wandering Pilgrim. But this thrilling selection of one man's sixty years of travels does much more than that - it takes us into some of the world's wildest and most remote places. Culled from diaries written during his journeys, John Dunlop's detailed accounts of his adventures provide a unique insight into the hows and whys of those who venture far from the beaten track. It is a heady mix of exhilaration, joy, injury and illness. The challenges presented by fearsome weather, impenetrable terrain, dehydration and hunger are presented clearly and unadorned. So too is the sheer delight of the journey and the discovery of new horizons. It is an explanation amply and extensively delivered by John Dunlop as he describes an enticing selection. The Wandering Pilgrim focuses on some forty years of alpine mountaineering, including four Himalayan expeditions and mountain climbs in New Zealand. A thrilling read for armchair travellers written by a. quintessential wanderer, adventurer and sometime alpinist who now lives in a solar powered pole house in the tropical rainforest of far north Queensland.

Autor

John Dunlop was born in Melbourne Australia in 1950, the Chinese year of the metal tiger. Educated at Scotch College, he matriculated with honours in mathematics, chemistry and Russian language. Before leaving school he twice hitchhiked around Australia and worked underground as a miner, and on offshore oil rigs. He had also accompanied his father, "Weary" Dunlop, to war-torn Vietnam in 1965. By the time he left school he had already seen much of the world and become an accomplished outdoorsman.After graduating from Melbourne University in mining engineering, he spent much of the next twenty years involved in mine operations, which led to roles in senior management and as a director. Then followed thirty years as a roving minerals consultant with travel to many countries and often very remote locations.Always he made sure he took time out to "feed the rat" - to escape to remote outdoor places and keep a written record of his travels which has grown into a unique collection spanning more than sixty years. These records, when grouped together, fall into the categories of boyhood travels, mountain travels (his first book), Tasmanian walks (this book), polar travel and work-related trips to unique places.When eventually published in their entirety, they will become an autobiography written progressively over a very broad timespan. The photographic images captured on most of his journeys provide a historic and rare chronological record.John is now in his seventies and has three adult children - John, a customs officer in Melbourne; Andrew, a former Victorian policeman now living in Sweden; and Isabelle, who teaches and plays violin, based in Brussels. His only sibling, brother Alexander, qualified as a doctor and passed away in his late sixties.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sid Harta Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 639g
• ISBN-13: 9781922958969
• ISBN-10: 1922958964
• Artikelnr.: 74122573