Quest for Adventure Ultimate Feats of Modern Exploration

"This book isn't just a lively narrative of 17 great adventures; it's also an expert overview of the history, lore, and techniques of aeronautics, ocean sailing, mountaineering, and polar trekking, to name just four, as well as a wonderful portrait gallery of scores of colorful figures, familiar names, and unsung heroes alike. Finally, it's a fascinating analysis of the wide variety of styles and personalities drawn to adventuring, observed with the keen eye of an experienced insider. Highlighted by more than 125 photographs, illustrations, and maps, these truly suspenseful tales of triumph--and often tragedy--offer a wonderful panorama of adventuring and its all-or-nothing champions, the extraordinary men and women who feel most alive when they are on the very edge of a perilous unknown." --