No Picnic On Mount Kenya Av Felice Benuzzi

No Picnic On Mount Kenya Av Felice Benuzzi

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war.When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war......
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<p><b>A rediscovered mountaineering classic and t</b><b>he extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war.</b><br><br><br>When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, <i>brilliant</i> idea.<br><br>There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return.<br><br>But this is the remarkable story of three such men. <i>No Picnic on Mount Kenya</i> is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places.<br><br>"The h
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A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea.There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return.But this is the remarkable story of three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places. "The history of mountaineering can hardly present a parallel to this mad but thrilling escapade" - Saturday Review"A most extraordinary prisoner-of-war and escape story" - New Yorker"A mad venture and a gallant tribute to man's deep yearning for freedom" - Kirkus Reviews"The book crackles with the same dry humour as its title.It contains the prison-yard bartering and candlelight stitching that mark a classic jailbreak yarn; the encounters with wild beasts in Mount Kenya's forest belt are as gripping, and the descriptions of sparkling glaciers as awe-inspiring, as any passage in the great exploration diaries of the early 20th century" - The Economist
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No Picnic on Mount Kenya. A rediscovered mountaineering classic and t he extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return. But this is the remarkable story of three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places. "The history of mountaineering can hardly present a parallel to this mad but thrilling escapade" - Saturday Review "A most extraordinary prisoner-of-war and escape story" - New Yorker "A mad venture and a gallant tribute to man"s deep yearning for freedom" - Kirkus Reviews "The book crackles with the same dry humour as its title. It contains the prison-yard bartering and candlelight stitching that mark a classic jailbreak yarn; the encounters with wild beasts in Mount Kenya"s forest belt are as gripping, and the descriptions of sparkling glaciers as awe-inspiring, as any passage in the great exploration diaries of the early 20th century" - The Economist Forfattere: Felice Benuzzi Utgave: ukjent Språk: Engelsk Sidetall: 336 ISBN: 9780857053770 Vekt: 288 g Forla Innbindin Heftet Utgitt: 2016 Veil. pris: 0 kr Kategori: Bøker

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Dykker du ned i side etter side av No Picnic On Mount Kenya, vil du bli trukket inn i en gripende og spennende beretning om overlevelse, mot og vennskap. Boken er ikke bare en fortelling, men en reise satt i hjertet av Mount Kenya, der tre fanger våger seg ut i naturens villmark under de mest uhåndterlige omstendigheter.

En Uforglemmelig Flukt

Felice Benuzzi, en av bokens helter, gir oss et levende bilde av sin utrolige flukt fra en krigsfangeleir. Med imponerende detaljer beskriver han den nervepirrende oppstigningen på den nordlige siden av Mount Kenya, med «nødløsninger» og improviserte verktøy fra leiren. Her er noen av de bemerkelsesverdige trekkene:

  • Sidetall: 336 sider med en uforglemmelig historie.
  • Utgitt: 2016, men fortellingen føles tidløs.
  • Språk: Engelsk, tilgjengelig for et bredt publikum.
  • ISBN: 9780857053770 – enkelt å finne!
  • Vekt: 288 g, lett å ta med seg på din egen ekspedisjon!

En Kulturell Perle

Boken er en sann klassiker i sjangeren, og er som et litterært fyrtårn for dem som søker eventyr og spenning. Den kombinerer humor og adrenalin med alvorlige temaer om frihet og mot.

Å lese No Picnic On Mount Kenya er som å bli med på et eventyr der du kjenner kalde brisen fra fjellene, hører lyden av fuglene og kan til og med lukte jordens friske, rene luft. Dette er ikke bare en bok; dette er en opplevelse, en invitasjon til å utfordre deg selv og oppdage hvor langt menneskets mot kan ta oss.

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