The Dolphin's Tooth: A Decade in Search of Adventure - Softcover

Kirkby, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771095678 ISBN 13: 9780771095672

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2007

Synopsis

For fifteen years, Kirkby navigated an uncertain and uncommon path, embarking 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 or rescuing a fallen sherpa on Mount Everest, Kirkby shares the excitement, doubts, and insights of a life lived on the edge.

About this title

About the Author

BRUCE KIRKBY is a wilderness guide, paddler, mountaineer, accomplished photographer, and writer. His first book, Sand Dance, spent fourteen weeks on the national bestseller lists.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771095678
• ISBN 13: 9780771095672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408