Climb Like a Mzungu

Live An Adventurous Life

David Flinn

$43.95 $37.55

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

High Adventure Publishing
23 June 2023

Biography: sport; Climbing & mountaineering; Travel writing

"... an epic must be brewing ... Ken is never animated over something lame...

As a young man, I gravitate to the risk and reward of mountain climbing, while overcoming fear and facing death. Along my journey, I discover that friends are more important than reaching the top.

""Mzungu!"" [ma-zun-goo] bellow the children when they see me climb out of the safari truck. It's Swahili for wanderer, I smile since I'm not just another ordinary foreigner.

Mount Kenya is the second largest peak in Africa, a mere sixty miles away from my birthplace. My parents moved to Uganda as missionaries, and thirty years later, I'm back.

The mist swirls as the climbing rope goes taut. A thousand feet up Mount Kenya, cold and alone, I wonder if lightning will strike in the incoming storm. Reeling in my climbing partner who is tied to the distant end of the rope, the snow swallows me, dusk falls, and not for the last time, I wonder what the hell I'm doing here.

Climb Like a Mzungu is a memoir covering ten years from 1980 to 1990. The challenges are self-doubt and the perils of climbing mountains. Do you relish tromping through the wilderness, hitchhiking across Canada, being kidnapped by Native Americans, or soloing ice-covered mountains? The fast-paced book mirrors the soul searching of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and the humor of Bill Bryson's Walk in the Woods.

Climbers will appreciate the characters, imagining something of themselves in each captivating adventure. Everyone will appreciate the dilemma of romance and work that keep the badass excellence of Alex Honnold or Lynn Hill just beyond reach.

Live your adventurous life, read Climb Like a Mzungu.

""The book is a wonderful combination of internal drive, rat-pack silliness, fascinating climbing adventures, and a beautiful ending back in the author's hometown. I could easily see the terrain and breathe in the environment whether in Africa or on a granite slab trying to hold on to whatever little tree or crack was available.""- Karen S."

By: David Flinn
Imprint: High Adventure Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9798987025741
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 23 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID FLINN is a writer born in Kampala Uganda in 1960. After college, he published the Adirondack Alpine Journal in 1983, based in Keene Valley, New York. After years of bounding around, he lives on the ocean, braving nor'easters and planning his next climb.

PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY

Climb Like a Mzungu

Live An Adventurous Life

David Flinn

$43.95 $37.55

Paperback

See Also

Contact Abbeys

Contact Galaxy

Contact Language

Contact Us

About ABBEY'S