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The World at My Feet
The Extraordinary Story of the Record-Breaking Fastest Run Around the Earth
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The World at My Feet
The Extraordinary Story of the Record-Breaking Fastest Run Around the Earth
About this book
In 2013, Australian Tom Denniss became the fastest person to circumnavigate the world on foot. His epic journey lasted nearly two years, and for each of the 622 days it took him to run around the planet, Tom completed the equivalent of a marathon or more. Based on distance alone his feat was an extraordinary act of endurance, but along the way Tom also survived a near-death experience on an ice cliff as he was running over the top of the Andes, was chased by dogs, snakes, and suspicious border police, narrowly avoided lethal cars and buses, suffered in 140-degree heat and sub-zero blizzards, tore through 17 pairs of shoes, and raised tens of thousands of dollars for Oxfam. He also experienced an amazing diversity of scenery, culture, food, and people as he traversed New Zealand, North and South America, Europe from the Atlantic to the Bosphorus, and Australia from Fremantle to Sydney.
The World at My Feet is his account of an incredible 26,232 kilometer run, and a vivid insight into an adventure of truly global proportions.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD BY PETER FITZSIMONS
- MAP: NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
- MAP: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE MALAY PENINSULA
- MAP: EUROPE
- PROLOGUE
- 1: THE JOURNEY BEGINS
- 2: NEW ZEALAND
- 3: CALIFORNIA
- 4: THE RUNNING CHILD
- 5: ARIZONA
- 6: INTO THE ROCKIES
- 7: OUT OF THE ROCKIES
- 8: THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA
- 9: MINNESOTA
- 10: WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS
- 11: THE DEEP SOUTH
- 12: HILLBILLY COUNTRY
- 13: PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
- 14: NEW ENGLAND
- 15: SOUTH AMERICA
- 16: WESTERN EUROPE
- 17: EASTERN EUROPE
- 18: THE MALAY PENINSULA
- 19: AUSTRALIA BEGINS
- 20: THE NULLARBOR
- 21: THE VALLEYS OF WINE
- 22: THE HOME STRAIGHT
- EPILOGUE
- PICTURE SECTION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR