Call of the White (36 page)

  Before we had time to think up a solution he signalled us to get in, slammed the door, started the engine and began taxiing over the grass.

  As the plane climbed away and headed south-west towards the real world, we looked back at the insignificant little clearing, and the lonely figure of Epileptic trudging dejectedly down the red smear of the trail. At last we were free, but the elation was soured by a sense of guilt that we hadn't done enough.

  As for Molocopote, I never wanted to see the damn place ever again.

Rowing Solo Across the Indian

Sarah Outen

ISBN: 978 1 84839 449 0 (ePub), 978 1 84839 451 3 (Mobi)

4,000 miles of unpredictable ocean
500 Chocolate bars
124 days of physical exertion
3 Guinness World Records set
1 incredible journey

On 1 April 2009, twenty-three-year-old Sarah Outen embarked on a solo voyage across the Indian Ocean in her rowing boat, Dippers. Powered by the grief of the sudden loss of her father and the determination to live life to the full, Sarah negotiated wild ocean storms, encounters with whales and the continuous threat of being capsized, losing 20 kg of her bodyweight before arriving in Mauritius. She became the first woman and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

ISBN: 978 1 78372 051 4 (ePub), 978 1 78372 050 7 (Mobi)

The Ho Chi Minh Trail is one of the greatest feats of military engineering in history. But since the end of the Vietnam War much of this vast transport network has been reclaimed by jungle, while remaining sections are littered with a deadly legacy of unexploded bombs. For Antonia, a veteran of ridiculous adventures in unfeasible vehicles, the chance to explore the Trail before it's lost forever was a personal challenge she couldn't ignore – yet it would sometimes be a terrifying journey.

Setting out from Hanoi on an ageing Honda Cub, she spent the next two months riding 2,000 miles through the mountains and jungles of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Battling in hospitable terrain and multiple breakdowns, her experiences ranged from the touching to the hilarious, meeting former American fighter pilots, tribal chiefs,illegal loggers and bomb disposal experts.The story of her brave journey is thrilling and poignant: a unique insight into a little known face of Southeast Asia.

The First Source-to-Sea Descent of the Congo River

Phil Harwood

ISBN: 978 0 85765 910 1 (ePub), 978 0 85765 909 5 (Mobi)

At 2,922 miles, the Congo is the eighth longest river and the deepest in the world, with a flow rate second only to the Amazon. Ex-Marine Phil Harwood embarked on an epic solo journey from the river's true source in the highlands of Zambia through war-torn Central Africa. With no outside help whatsoever he faced swamps, waterfalls, man-eating crocodiles, hippos, aggressive snakes and spiders' webs the size of houses. He collapsed from malaria, and was arrested, intimidated and chased. On one stretch, known as 'The Abattoir' for its history of cannibalism and reputation for criminal activity, the four brothers he hired as bodyguards were asked by locals, 'Why haven't you cut his throat yet?'

But he also received tremendous hospitality from proud and brave people long forgotten by the Western world, especially friendly riverside fishermen who helped wherever they could on Phil's exhilarating and terrifying five-month journey.

Have you enjoyed this book?
If so, why not write a review on your favourite website?

If you're interested in finding out more about our books
find us on Facebook at
Summersdale Publishers
and follow us on Twitter:
@Summersdale

Thanks very much for buying this Summersdale book.