Bring On The Rhinos

November, 2000

"I have chosen those ventures that have been important innovative firsts," writes Chris Bonington in Quest for Adventure: Ultimate Feats of Modern Exploration (Adventure Press). Among his firsts: Thor Heyerdahl's raft voyage across the Pacific in 1947, Francis Chichester's solo circumnavigation of the globe in 1966--1967 and Maurice Herzog's expedition to Annapurna in 1950. Bonington includes more-recent journeys by land, sea and air, but, as he says, he's interested "not so much...

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