Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, and until the age of thirty-eight years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half wanted to be free and specifically explore the Himalaya. In the end he found a compromise to satisfy both needs. In 1987 with his climbing friend Steve Bell he founded Himalayan Kingdoms, a travel company specialising in trekking and expedition holidays. This book is a collection of stories from his early expeditions to the Himalaya prior to 1987. There are tales of encounters with bears, escapes from avalanches, summit successes and failures, love stories mystical connections, Himalayan storms, near death accidents, raw travel across the Indian sub-continent, and grapples with bureaucracy. It is told warts and all. It starts with tales of youthful naivety in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, progresses to what Steve describes as his best ever adventure, the first British ascent of Nun, 7,135m/23,410ft, in Kashmir, and finishes with the truth of what happened on the failed attempt to climb Bhutan's highest peak, Gangkar Punsum, 7550m/24,770ft. Of Straight Up Steve says: 'I just really wanted people to enjoy reading of our adventures the way they were.'
FaceOff
Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford, Lisa Gardner, Dennis Lehane, Steve Berry, Jeffery Deaver, Douglas Preston, James Rollins, Joseph Finder, Steve Martini, Heather Graham, Ian Rankin, Linda Fairstein, M. J. Rose, R.L Stine, Raymond Khoury, Linwood Barclay, John Lescroart, Peter James, T. Jefferson Parker, F. Paul Wilson
audiobookbookHet patriottenspel
Steve Berry
audiobookbookHet Atlas-project
Steve Berry
audiobookHet Columbus mysterie
Steve Berry
audiobookbookDe laatste koning
Steve Berry
audiobookbookDe erfenis van de Tempeliers
Steve Berry
audiobookDe Lincoln mythe
Steve Berry
audiobookbookHet web van de keizer
Steve Berry
audiobookbookDe verdwenen orde
Steve Berry
audiobookDe veertiende kolonie
Steve Berry
audiobookbookHet geheim van Gent
Steve Berry
audiobookbookHet Warschau-protocol
Steve Berry
audiobookbook
The Hamster Revolution for Meetings : How to Meet Less and Get More Done
Tim Burress, Vicki Halsey, Mike Song
audiobookDe jurkendief
Natalie Meg Evans
bookGrimoires and Gingerbread
Danielle Garrett
audiobookTalk Dirty French : Beyond Merde: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to Know when you speak francais
Alexis Munier, Emmanuel Tichelli
bookAll I Want for Christmas : The Most Surprising and Heart-Warming Festive Love Story and Sunday Times Bestseller!
Karen Swan
audiobookRich Dad Poor Dad : Rijk worden - een vaardigheid die niet geleerd kan worden
Myriam M'Barki
bookRich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! [Russian Edition] :
Robert T. Kiyosaki
audiobookDe staljongen van Auschwitz : Een aangrijpend ooggetuigenverslag van de holocaust
Henry Oster, Dexter Ford
audiobookHaig's Enemy
Jonathan Boff
audiobookA Room with a Roux
Sarah Fox
audiobookA Waltz for Matilda (The Matilda Saga, #1)
Jackie French
audiobookDe dochter van Auschwitz : Ik was een van de jongste overlevenden van Auschwitz. Dit is mijn verhaal.
Tova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant
audiobookbook