Книга: Ed Stafford «Naked and Marooned: One Man: One Island: One Epic Survival Story»

Naked and Marooned: One Man: One Island: One Epic Survival Story

Производитель: "Virgin Books"

`I stood on the beach truly alone for the first time. I would not see another person for sixty days. I was on an uninhabited tropical island and I had nothing with me to help me survive. No food, no equipment, no knife and not even any clothes. All I had was my camera kit so that I could intimately record my self-inflicted sentence.` What if you were abandoned on a tropical island with no food or water, no basic equipment, not even a knife, and no clothes - could you survive? Extreme adventurer Ed Stafford isn`t sure, but he`s about to find out as he pushes himself to the limit in this gripping and inspirational test of human survival. For sixty days, with only his explorer`s instinct and a video camera to record his experiences, Ed faces the ultimate feat of physical and mental endurance. He confronts blazing heat and brutal loneliness; eats snails to escape starvation and battles illness, dehydration and fatigue in what is his most dangerous, and at times life-threatening, challenge... ISBN:978-0-75-355506-4

Издательство: "Virgin Books" (2014)

ISBN: 978-0-75-355506-4

Ed Stafford

Infobox Celebrity
name = Ed Stafford



caption = Ed Stafford photographed on the summit of Nevado Mismi in April 2008
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|12|26
birth_place = Peterborough
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occupation = Expedition Leader, Explorer
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website = http://www.edstafford.co.uk/
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Ed Stafford is a British explorer and expedition leader [ [http://www.trekforce.org.uk/about_us/whos_who.htm Trekforce Worldwide: Who's who] ] who started running expeditions after retiring from the British Army as a captain in 2002. Ed, a former expelled student of Uppingham School [Read Old Uppinghamian article [http://www.olduppinghamian.co.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=221&srcid=183] ] has led several expeditions to Patagonia, Borneo and Belize. Whilst not leading expeditions Ed worked alongside the United Nations in Afghanistan assisting with the first ever presidential elections advising on security, planning and logistics. Prior to his current expedition Ed was in production with the BBC on their conservation series "Lost land of the Jaguar".

Ed is currently conducting the first ever attempt to [http://www.walkingtheamazon.com/index.php walk the entire length] of the Amazon River for several charities [The ME Association is one of Ed's charities [http://www.meassociation.org.uk/content/view/362/] ] . ["Water Way To Go" in The Young Times [http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/youngtimes090608.pdf] .]

In June 2008, Ed's colleague Luke Collyer decided to abandon the attempt to walk the length of the Amazon River expedition leaving Ed to continue solo [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jul/10/travelnews?gusrc=rss&feed=travel The Guardian: Wanted: new partner for 3,000-mile Amazon trek - must have own iPod] ] . He is expected to be at the river's mouth in Brazil in late 2009.

References

External links

* [http://www.walkingtheamazon.com/team.php Short Biography]
* [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article4431131.ece Times article "When men friends break up"]
* [http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132407&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132390&contentPK=21129231&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch Ed Stafford interviewed in Leicester Mercury]

Источник: Ed Stafford

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