From Utmost East to Utmost West: My life of exploration and adventure

John Blashford-Snell is a world-renowned explorer who has led over 100 expeditions to remote and dangerous places across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. He has written a new collection of tales from his adventures, including encounters with dangerous wildlife, navigating rapid-filled rivers, and encounters with bandits. Blashford-Snell has been awarded an MBE, OBE, and CBE for exploration and has chaired the British Chapter of the Explorers Club of America for 20 years.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2022
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. OBE, is one of the world's most renowned explorers. John Blashford-Snell has been exploring some of the planet's most remote, inaccessible, and dangerous places for over 60 years. His name is known globally for his daring adventures and intrepid journeys of discovery. Now, well into his eighties (and still planning future trips), he has gathered together in a single volume a collection of tales from Africa, Asia, and the Americas, a mix of mostly new writing combined with some old favorites, extracts from some of the 100 or so expeditions he has led in pursuit of archaeological, anthropological, botanical, biological, and zoological objectives. From the Blue Nile to the Darien Gap, the Kalahari to Colombia, Blashford-Snell is one of the most experienced explorers in the world. He has met with royalty and presidents, worked with Clint Eastwood and Sean Connery, been on a quest to find a giant pachyderm in the forests of West Nepal, led investigations into Atlantis, and even delivered a grand piano to a remote tribe in Guyana! Mountains, rivers, forests, and jungles have been his domain, and he has seen some of the most extraordinary places known to man. If meetings with dangerous wildlife, stories of navigating rapid-filled rivers, and tales of encounters with bandits are your thing, this new collection from a man who has become an institution in his own right is an essential read. John Blashford-Snell is the founder of Operation Raleigh and of the Scientific Exploration Society. He has been awarded an MBE, OBE, and CBE for exploration and has received multiple awards from countries and organizations around the world. For 20 years, he chaired the British Chapter of the Explorers Club of America. Films of his expeditions have been broadcast worldwide.

Dimension: 198 x 130 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781784778446