Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Kirkby, Bruce, 1968- Title: The dolphin's tooth : a decade in search of adventure / Bruce Kirkby. Publisher, Date: Toronto : McCelland & Stewart, c2005. Description: 370 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. Summary: Kirkby shares with the reader the excitement, the doubts, the insights and the sometimes uncomfortable self-knowledge that a life lived on the edge brings. From the author of "Sand dance." Subjects: Kirkby, Bruce, 1968- -- Travel. Adventure travel. Adventure and adventurers -- Canada -- Biography. ISBN: 077109566X Other Number: 59876081 System Availability: 5 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 5 Control Number: 320152 Call Number: 910.4 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 5 # System items in: 5 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Where is it?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Summary From the bestselling author ofSand 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. Suggestions and more Map It First Chapter or Excerpt Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
