Contents

Contents : introduction -- Jean Batten (a near fatal flight) -- Sir Edmund Hilary (a perilous tractor ride to the South Pole) -- Paul Caffyn (kayaking around Australia in 360 days) -- Matahi Brightwell (Tahiti to New Zealand in a waka) -- Helen Thayer (first woman to traverse solo to the Magnetic North Pole) -- Lydia Bradley (first woman to climb Mt Everest without oxygen) -- Lisa Tamati (crossing a forbidden military zone in the Western Desert) -- Cam McLeay & Garth MacIntyre (finding the source of the Nile River) -- Laura Dekker (youngest female to sail solo around the world) -- Mark Watson and Hana Black (cycling the Americas) -- preparing for your own adventure -- further reading -- about the authors.