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Addicted to Adventure
- Between Rocks and Cold Places
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his 70s, but spends most of his time sailing into the Arctic and making first ascents of inaccessible mountains. No tea parties for this vicar.
Opening with the disastrous fire that destroyed his yacht whilst he was ice-bound in Greenland, the book travels back to his childhood growing up on his family's rubber plantation in Malaysia, moving back to England after his father was shot by the Japanese during the war, boarding school, the Royal Marines, and the church. We then follow Bob as he sails around the world with a group of school children, is dismasted off the Falklands, trapped in ice, and climbs mountains accessible only from iceberg-strewn water and with only sketchy maps available.
Bob Shepton is an old-school adventurer, and this compelling book is in the spirit of sailing mountaineer HW Tilman, explorer Ranulph Fiennes, climber Chris Bonington and yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston, all of whom have been either friends of Bob's or an inspiration for his own exploits. Derring do in a dog collar!
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- Wayne B.
- 29-10-21
Bob’s legendary stories spoiled by irritating narration faux pas
“Jibbed” rather than gybed, coax (as in cajole) rather than co-ax (as in co-axial cable) being some of the more irritating.
Someone, with some domain knowledge, really ought to play the part of editor and listen to the narration and make corrections.
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- David Towle
- 10-03-19
A Classic
This should be hailed as one of the greatest sailing narratives, by a quite remarkable person
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-06-22
Great story
unfortunately the number of poor pronunciations did ruin parts of the book, should not be hard to check these before narration
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- B.
- 03-11-16
Great adventures, very motivational
Lots of action and a good amount of detail mean that this book is an easy listen. The author's achievements make me want to get up and go. An example for us all, he overcame difficulties which would have made many people give up. Very well read, the only complaint being that the narrator pronounces "gybed" like"jib'd".
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- MR CHUN H TSANG
- 09-06-22
fantastic
Listening to Bob's amazing adventures has left me hungry for more. I can't wait until his second book is released on Audible
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