Walks on the Wild Side
Author | : John Pakenham |
Publisher | : Eye Books (US&CA) |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2020-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781785631955 |
ISBN-13 | : 1785631950 |
Rating | : 4/5 (950 Downloads) |
Download or read book Walks on the Wild Side written by John Pakenham and published by Eye Books (US&CA). This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, John Pakenham walked a total of 1,500 miles, with a series of companions from the local Turkana and Samburu tribes and their long-suffering donkeys, around a lake in the Great Rift Valley of northern Kenya. Repeatedly beset by extreme thirst and dehydration, bitterly cold torrential rains, poisonous spiders, vindictive mosquitoes and the ever-present threat of bandits, not to mention a fatal fight between two of his companions, he was lucky to live to tell his tale. Pakenham's account provides a rare glimpse of a tough terrain and its even tougher inhabitants, where every day was a battle for survival. This is extreme travel that, four decades on, still packs a powerful punch.