品牌：Tony Wheeler
基本信息
·出版社：Lonely Planet Publications
·页码：256 页码
·出版日：2000年
·ISBN：1864502223
·条码：9781864502220
·装帧：平装
·英语：英语
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Travel is the basis of true adventure, and a thirst for adventure lies at the heart of the most memorable travel. Venturing where no one has ever gone before, pushing your body to its limits in the harshest natural environments, or having to adapt, physically and mentally, to the demands of an alien culture: such moments bring both ourselves and our world into focus like nothing else.Lonely Planet On the Edgefollows the fortunes and misfortunes of the world's best travel writers in jungles and on the seas, off the beaten track and even off the planet. On foot, on camel or on a sailing ship:Lonely Planet On the Edgewill enthral you from start to finish.Contributors: Buzz Aldrin, Dea Birkett, Rolf Bjelke, Maria Coffey, Ted Conover, William Dalrymple, Robyn Davidson, Whit Deschner, Chris Duff, David Ewing Duncan, Jeff Greenwald, Brian Hall, Eric Hansen, Tony Horwitz, Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Kevin Kertscher, Katherine Kizilos, Graham Mackintosh, Malcolm McConnell, Tom Miller, Geoffrey Moorhouse, Dervla Murphy, Eric Newby, Rory Nugent, Redmond O'Hanlon, Alistair Scott, Deborah Shapiro, Joe Simpson, Stuart Stevens, Mike Stroud, Paul Theroux.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
"Travel far enough and you're bound to have the odd moment on the edge", writes Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler in his preface toOn The Edge; except that most contributors to this "adventurous escapades" collection got there by choice rather than unlucky accident. There are more than 30 extracts of gallant expedition books, from Arctic crossings to Everest scaling. Also included are close-shave tales from star travel writers such as Eric Newby and Paul Theroux, who comments, "Travel is pointless without certain risks".On The Edgespeedily whisks you to the heart of the action, beginning with Mark Jenkins hair-raising account of three men in kayaks greeting crocodiles on an African river. "On every journey there is something waiting for you", he writes, "Something specific. When you find it, you will think it just happened to be there, but in fact it was there only for you. It is not a coincidence".From here on, the white-knuckle moments come thick and fast. Each extract is only a few pages, skipping tedious expedition-planning diatribes for the real excitement: from cyclists in Zambia being mistaken for South African spies to encounters with gorillas, bears, death and storms at sea. The Texan editor Cecil Kunne is a real adrenaline junkie, one of the world's kayaking/rafting experts (when not being a lawyer). Having written nine books on the subject, he inevitably chooses many canoeing capers.Most extracts come from the highly traditional intrepid explorer genre, dating back to Victorian grand "expeditions". The question is, does it take you to the frontier of human existence; or just the "edge" of the white man's world? Buzz Aldrin's account of his first steps on the moon (and the miniature Presbyterian communion he held before he took them) definitely does. However the "edge" in many of the stories is simply daily life for the "natives", from Aborigines to Zairian gorilla rangers. This aside,On The Edgeis an excellent sampler, providing easily digestible chapters. Ideal for reading between tube stops as well as on epic treks. --Sarah Champion
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