- Hardcover: 372 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart; 1st edition (Nov 1 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 077109566X
- ISBN-13: 978-0771095665
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #126,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Sand Dance:
“Wonderfully rich and rewarding on many levels, Kirkby’s book is unaffectedly honest. It is an immense achievement . . . that made me laugh and weep for both sorrow and joy.”
—Globe and Mail
“Destined to become a classic.”
—explore magazine
“Wonderfully rich and rewarding on many levels, Kirkby’s book is unaffectedly honest. It is an immense achievement . . . that made me laugh and weep for both sorrow and joy.”
—Globe and Mail
“Destined to become a classic.”
—explore magazine
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Sand Dance.
Stuck in an engineer’s cubicle, dutifully beginning the responsible adult life he was raised to undertake, Kirkby is tormented by doubts and boredom. In a fit of rebellion, he quits his job to bicycle the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan. He is twenty-two and absolutely clueless. Miraculously, hilariously, he survives — and discovers his life’s passion.
Over the next fifteen years, Kirkby navigates an evermore uncertain and uncommon path, honing his skills on some of the most challenging expeditions the world has to offer. Whether it’s gun fights and crocodile attacks while running Africa’s Blue Nile Gorge, the rescue of a fallen sherpa on Mount Everest, evading capture in Myanmar’s forbidden tropical paradise, or learning to embrace the wilderness on the Tatshenshini River of Canada’s Arctic, Kirkby shares with the reader the excitement, doubts, insights, and even the uncomfortable self-knowledge that a life lived on the edge brings.
Stuck in an engineer’s cubicle, dutifully beginning the responsible adult life he was raised to undertake, Kirkby is tormented by doubts and boredom. In a fit of rebellion, he quits his job to bicycle the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan. He is twenty-two and absolutely clueless. Miraculously, hilariously, he survives — and discovers his life’s passion.
Over the next fifteen years, Kirkby navigates an evermore uncertain and uncommon path, honing his skills on some of the most challenging expeditions the world has to offer. Whether it’s gun fights and crocodile attacks while running Africa’s Blue Nile Gorge, the rescue of a fallen sherpa on Mount Everest, evading capture in Myanmar’s forbidden tropical paradise, or learning to embrace the wilderness on the Tatshenshini River of Canada’s Arctic, Kirkby shares with the reader the excitement, doubts, insights, and even the uncomfortable self-knowledge that a life lived on the edge brings.
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Easily one of the best books I've read,
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This review is from: The Dolphin's Tooth: A Decade In Search of Adventure (Hardcover)
Somehow a signed copy landed on my desk at work years ago. I never read it, but kept it on my shelf for awhile. Finally as I ran out of books at home and money to buy new ones I decided to give this one a shot.... to say I was impressed is not giving this author's work justice. This IS a life changing read; it will make you think about your life, where you are in life, what you're doing, what your priorities are, and most importantly may give you the courage to change your life and get out of the office. Great work, Bruce. Looking forward to more from you in the future.
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