High Adventure: The adventure doesn't end when you become a dad

High Adventure: The adventure doesn't end when you become a dad

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Mike Allsop is a dynamo, an airline pilot and mountaineer who ran seven peaks in seven days on seven continents. He's also a motivational speaker, author of bestseller High Altitude , a husband and the father of three children. He's found a way of incorporating his adventures into family life by taking each of his three children on major one-on-one expeditions. This has led to some incredible challenges: * Trekking over 100 km in the Himalaya with each child at the age of seven - most recently Dylan * Twelve-year-old Maya attempting the world's highest stand-up paddle board on a freezing lake at 5,300 metres * Ethan, at 15 years old, struggling through altitude sickness to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro and set his own world record * Fundraising to buy a new house for a Sherpa widow after the devastating earthquake of 2015 The challenges and excitement continue, with the family continually dreaming up new adventures.

Author: Mike Allsop
Format: Paperback, 288 pages, 154mm x 236mm
Published: 2019, Allen & Unwin, Australia
Genre: Travel Writing

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Mike Allsop is a dynamo, an airline pilot and mountaineer who ran seven peaks in seven days on seven continents. He's also a motivational speaker, author of bestseller High Altitude , a husband and the father of three children. He's found a way of incorporating his adventures into family life by taking each of his three children on major one-on-one expeditions. This has led to some incredible challenges: * Trekking over 100 km in the Himalaya with each child at the age of seven - most recently Dylan * Twelve-year-old Maya attempting the world's highest stand-up paddle board on a freezing lake at 5,300 metres * Ethan, at 15 years old, struggling through altitude sickness to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro and set his own world record * Fundraising to buy a new house for a Sherpa widow after the devastating earthquake of 2015 The challenges and excitement continue, with the family continually dreaming up new adventures.