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Adventures for a Lifetime
- Narrated by: Ed Stafford, Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
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Great book ... But
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Summary
An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen by Ed Stafford. For those who don’t mind a bit of discomfort in order to experience the wilder side of our amazing planet.
Open your mind and reboot your soul with these unforgettable adventures.
- Get a taste of total freedom as you soar like an eagle over mountains and lakes
- Come face to fin with ocean giants as you kayak spectacular coastlines
- Strap on your skis and head off for an adventure in the frozen wastes
- Experience jaw-dropping sights and lung-bursting trails from the seat of your saddle and more
"Life is for going out into the open. Life is for exploring, for feeling cold and vulnerable, for finding new possibilities and new opportunities." (Ed Stafford)
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- Anonymous
- 03-09-19
Interesting adventures
This book was very interesting, but I felt it was a bit too clinical with the detail and needed more depth to the individual stories talked about. Overall I would recommend it to adventurous people. The story telling I feel should have been done by a professional reader, Ed’s story telling was a bit too monotone for me and needed a bit more va va voom to prick up the senses. But I really enjoy your tv docs Ed.
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- Marbo
- 27-10-21
Reads like a travel brochure
A mix of articles on various themes. I found it a particularly odd writing style.
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- Lisa J
- 13-08-21
Loved it!
As someone who loves a travel adventure (although not quite as extreme as many in this book), my travel has been curtailed by Covid. This book gave me all of those travel adventure vibes I had been missing. Loved it
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- Anthony Morris
- 08-08-21
very inspirational
I'm a true fan of ed stafford and will be recommending this book to my friends and scouts to spur on an enthusiasm to try an adventure 😀
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- C Frost
- 05-03-21
Interesting - could have gone deeper into the challenges though
I did enjoy everything in this book, but like other reviewers, I wanted it to go a bit deeper. I’d have enjoyed specific stories of people who have attempted these adventures and either succeeded or failed - for example there are so many interesting stories about people who have died on Everest or K2, it seemed lazy not to include some. Also, almost every challenge was rated 5 stars “people will write books about you”. This seemed a bit of an exaggeration for the challenges which he then went on to say could be arranged with a tour guide, eg going on a safari or a diving trip. Aside from this, I did enjoy the book and found it inspirational, and more accessible than I was expecting. I just wanted a bit more!
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- Shep
- 06-12-20
Good listen. Good for more extreme adventurers.
I always enjoy watching Ed Stafford thought I would give this a try some interesting stuff.
Maybe a bit extreme for weekend adventures but gives ideas and is informative.
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- Mrs M 💚
- 09-11-20
Very enjoyable
Easy to listen to, great read. I was pleasantly surprised. if you like adventure give this a go.
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-07-20
not ed Staffords adventure, general
massive massive fan of ed. and these are story's of others and very vague and general, not experience or real.
ed please read your walking the Amazon book.
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- loopylou
- 26-07-20
Fantastic
Loved this adventure book ,,read beautifully and as I’m a keen traveller let me know other amazing places to put on my bucket list ,so many choices of events
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- Lexx
- 09-05-20
An adventure encyclopedia .5 stars😉
If you love adventure as much as I do, this book is for you. it's absolutely crammed with every possible adventure a human being can have, with handy pieces of advice along the way.the only piece of melancholy is that it's very unlikely I'll accomplish many of them. still loved it.
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- ariel ronen
- 07-10-19
Sorry Ed...
Ed staford is great. but this is defenitly not his forte. it ok not more...