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12 Works 155 Membros 2 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: Майк Хорн

Obras de Mike Horn

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Horn, Mike
Data de nascimento
1966-07-16
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
South Africa, Swiss
País (para mapa)
South Africa
Local de nascimento
Johannesburg, South Africa
Locais de residência
Suisse

Membros

Resenhas

Mike a froid, Mike souffre, Mike remercie ses sponsors...
 
Marcado
scotchpenicillin | 1 outra resenha | Sep 23, 2010 |
There's a quote on the back of the book from someone alluding to the fact that Mike Horn, the author, might just be the toughest guy in the world. This seemed a little strong but after reading the book it seems much more plausible. This non-fiction account of Mike's trek around the world above the Arctic Circle is a long and detailed technical and emotional account. The book is written in the first person and is fairly readable as the kind of survival/mountaineering type accounts go. Horn is human relationship oriented with tender and realistic accounts of the Inuits. Russians, Norwegians, and others he meets along the way. The spectrum between generosity to the extreme vs. bureaucratic pettiness is about as his spectrum of temperatures from like 100 degrees below fahrenheit to 20 degrees above or something. He is absolutely at death's door a number of times. I was surprised how slowly this read, but in many places every sentence has a specific differential impact on his ability to stay alive, so the reader is interested in details of his tents, skis, kites, amputations, etc. etc. This is unlikely to disappoint.… (mais)
½
 
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shawnd | 1 outra resenha | Jan 24, 2009 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
12
Membros
155
Popularidade
#135,097
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
2
ISBNs
31
Idiomas
5

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