The World at My Feet
The Extraordinary Story of the Record-Breaking Fastest Run Around the Earth
(Sprache: Englisch)
The truly remarkable story of Tom Denniss' record-breaking circumnavigation of the world on foot.
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The truly remarkable story of Tom Denniss' record-breaking circumnavigation of the world on foot.
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In 2013, Tom Denniss became the fastest person to circumnavigate the world on foot. His epic journey lasted nearly two years, and for each of the 622 days it took him to run around the planet, Tom completed the equivalent of a marathon or more. Based on distance alone his feat was an extraordinary act of endurance, but along the way Tom also survived a near-death experience on an ice cliff as he was running over the top of the Andes, was chased by dogs, snakes and suspicious border police, narrowly avoided lethal cars and buses, suffered in sixty-degree heat and sub-zero blizzards, tore through seventeen pairs of running shoes, and raised tens of thousands of dollars for Oxfam. He also experienced an amazing diversity of scenery, culture, food and people as he traversed New Zealand, North and South America, Europe from the Atlantic to the Bosphorus, and Australia from Fremantle to Sydney.The World at My Feet is his account of an incredible 26,232 kilometre run, and a vivid insight into an adventure of truly global proportions.
Autoren-Porträt von Tom Denniss
Tom Denniss works for Oceanlinx, a company he founded in 1997. The company has developed a technology to convert the energy in ocean waves into electricity. The technology has recently reached cost-competitiveness with other forms of renewable energy, and the company's first fully commercial wave energy plant is expected to be operating by late 2013.Tom Denniss has a PhD in Mathematics and Oceanography, as well as a First Class Honours degree in Science and a degree in Mathematics. Besides his employment at Oceanlinx, he has worked as a high school teacher, a university lecturer, and an investment banker. Tom is also a former professional musician, having played to audiences in eight different countries, a former professional rugby league player, and an amateur artist.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tom Denniss
- 2016, 320 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Mitarbeit: FitzSimons, Peter
- Verlag: Atlantic Books
- ISBN-10: 1760112097
- ISBN-13: 9781760112097
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Englisch
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