Synopses & Reviews
Traveling mainly on his much-loved bike, the intrepid adventurer explores the world's second largest country—home to some of the most stunning and challenging terrain known to manVintage Boorman, this book is packed with all the excitement and adventure—and bikes!—of his previous travels. Along the way he works with Alberta's famous "Bear Whisperer," travels with Native Canadians and learns about their mythology and shamanic rituals, gets involved in the world famous National Lumberjack competition, works with the Mounties search and rescue team, and visits the world's smallest jail in Ontario. He takes a raft along the Nahanni river, crosses Canada's only desert in Okanagan Valley, climbs the Canadian Rockies, and circumnavigates Newfoundland by taking an old steel sloop through the infamous Iceberg Alley, stopping to camp, hunt, and cook with local foraged food.
Review
"Replete with colorful characters, hair-raising action and enough raw machismo to knock over an elephant." —Kirkus Reviews on Race to Dakar
Synopsis
Charley Boorman is back on his bike exploring the world's second largest country - home to some of the most stunning and challenging terrain known to man.
Canada is a country of extremes, and Charley knows all about pushing the limits. He goes dirt biking in New Brunswick, dives through old shipwrecks in Tobermory and rides along Butch Cassidy's old Outlaw Trail. He also meets a fascinating mix of people on his journey. As he heads across Canada, he plays ice hockey with a legend of the game; spends a day as a Mountie cadet and nearly meets a ghost in Winnipeg . . .
Written with Charley's trademark enthusiasm and humour, Extreme Frontiers is fast-paced, hugely entertaining and packed with adventure (and rather a lot of mosquitoes).
About the Author
Charley Boorman is the author of By Any Means and Race to Dakar and coauthor with Ewan McGregor of Long Way Down and Long Way Round.