Ebook Conquering the Impossible My 12 000Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle Mike Horn 9780312382049 Books

Product details Paperback 368 pages Publisher St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (June 10, 2008) Language English ISBN-10 0312382049

Conquering the Impossible My 12 000Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle Mike Horn 9780312382049 Books Reviews

• This is an excellent book. I could not put it down. I have read over 75 adventure/explorer books and enjoyed many of them. This book by Mike Horn is in my top 5. It is well written, gripping, and filled with fascinating details. This man is humble, strong, clever, extremely talented, always prepared, and with an exceptional work ethic.
• This book details explorer Mike Horn's 2 year journey, all 12,000 miles of it, along the Arctic circle, in incredibly harsh conditions. I found it enthralling, fascinating and inspiring.
  How do you travel solo in temperatures often 50 degrees below where perhaps noone has ever been before? For weeks on end? In case you're interested, you'll find a few tips here. Not least of his accomplishments is dealing with Russian bureaucacy as he travelled through northern Siberia, encountering deserted gulags and a town with only a single inhabitant. Brushes with polar bears, wolves, it's all here.
  If you like adventure books, this is one that grabbed me and which I could not put down. Foremost, you'll feel the spirit of this man coming through. This is not someone else describing this mindblowing odyssey, it's the person who actually lived it. It was a privilege for me, an outdoors lover and Appalachian Trail hiker, to be able to share his journey. A possibly life-altering book.
• An incredible adventure; however, I really wish the author had put more into the story about the people and cultures he encountered on his expedition. Although Horn's journey was remarkable, this book was one long "Me against the elements" story, which became a bit monotonous. Still, I liked the book and recommend it to anyone with a taste for adventure.
  
  I wish Horn's other book, Latitude Zero, would be translated into English.
• I found this to be a book which drew me in and allowed me to see what he saw and feel the elation and the despondency. That a person could walk so far on foot in such extreme conditions is amazing. The stupidity of bureaucracy at times seem more likley to end Mike Horn's adverture than any polar bear.
  
  I also took some valuable lessons from Mike Horn's story and his attitude towards overcoming challenges and achieving goals. One of my favourites is "...By extending my stride by 4 inches...my journey would be covered a month and a half sooner." Imagine how many times he took another "4 inches in 12,000 miles!
• Amazing engrossing story filled with detail and first hand descriptions of an incredible trip around the world at the latitude of the Arctic Circle.
• Truly inspirational. One of the best books I’ve read. Just an awesome display of courage and purpose in life.....
• The book itself is awesome.
  But it was supposed to be "New", and it arrived with a turned down corner and a thick permanent black marker dot on the edge...
  This was a gift. Not really happy about the condition.
• Mike Horn pushed the limits of human endurance and survival again and again. Just when you think he has endured the worst, another element of surprise pops into his life to challenge him greater. Small mistakes in an extreme environment turned into enormous ordeals. He traveled by sailboat, skis, foot, kayak and bicycle. Although it was an amazing feat, it must have cost a fortune as he met up with his shore crew and family in remote areas several times during his journey to be re-supplied and to be supplied with his various modes of travel.