
Canoeing The Congo
First Source to Sea Descent of the Congo River
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Gareth Armstrong
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Phil Harwood
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Canoeing the Congo narrates the journey of Phil Harwood, who undertook an epic five-month solo attempt to canoe the Congo River in war-torn Central Africa. It was a historic first descent from the true source in the highlands of Zambia. Just short of 3,000 miles long, the Congo River is the eighth longest in the world and the deepest river in the world, with a flow rate second only to the Amazon. Along the way, Phil encountered numerous waterfalls, huge rapids, man-eating crocodiles, hippos, aggressive snakes and spiders' webs the size of houses. He faced endemic corruption, was arrested, intimidated, bullied, chased and he received numerous death threats. He also collapsed from malaria.
The people were mostly friendly, however, and Phil received tremendous hospitality from a proud and brave people, especially from the riverside fishermen who helped him wherever they could. On one stretch of river known as The Abattoir due to its past history of cannibalism and current reputation for criminal activity, he hired four brothers with a shotgun to accompany him as bodyguards. They paddled and floated for five days and nights on the river. Common questions from locals were, ‘why haven't you cut his throat yet?’ and ‘if you don't want to do it, tell us where your camping and we'll come and do it for you ...We'll share his money.’ It was an exhilarating, terrifying and wonderful journey but Phil managed to survive, despite the odds, to tell his story.
Canoeing the Congo will appeal to fans of adventurous travel writing and people who love the nature and wilderness. Phil, who is a fan of adventure stories himself, enjoys the work of Ranulph Fiennes and Bill Bryson. Phil has worked all over the world as an ex-Royal Marine Commando, ski-guide, expedition leader, outdoor instructor and development trainer. He is qualified as mountain leader, a level 4 canoe coach, a level 3 kayak coach, a rock climbing instructor, a wilderness emergency medical technician and a first aid instructor. Phil's passions are adventure and challenge, in particular canoeing remote wilderness rivers - the more wild the better!
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Phony accents
- De Gina en 05-17-22
De: Oscar Martinez, y otros
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Life Lived Wild
- Adventures at the Edge of the Map (Patagonia)
- De: Rick Ridgeway
- Narrado por: Rick Ridgeway
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At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in small tents pitched in the world’s most remote regions.” It’s not a boast so much as an explanation. Whether at elevation or raising a family back at sea level, those years taught him, he writes, “to distinguish matters of consequence from matters of inconsequence.” He leaves it to his listeners to do the final sort of which is which.
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The hypocrisy and boasting ego. Blood boiling.
- De Amazon Customer en 12-30-21
De: Rick Ridgeway
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In the Land of Good Living
- A Journey to the Heart of Florida
- De: Kent Russell
- Narrado por: Kent Russell
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A wickedly smart, funny, and irresistibly off-kilter account of an improbable thousand-mile journey on foot into the heart of modern Florida, the state that Russell calls "America Concentrate".
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Wanna be writer and other fools
- De E en 08-11-20
De: Kent Russell
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Microadventures
- Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
- De: Alastair Humphreys
- Narrado por: Alastair Humphreys
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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So whats a microadventure? Its close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100 percent guaranteed to refresh your life. A microadventure takes the spirit of a big adventure and squeezes it into a day or even a few hours. The point of a microadventure is that you don't need lots of time and money to meet a new challenge. This practical guide is filled with ideas for microadventures for you to experience on your own or with friends and family, plus tips and advice on safety and kit.
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Inspiring!
- De Peter Marshall en 10-19-19
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To Shake the Sleeping Self
- A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
- De: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Narrado por: Jedidiah Jenkins
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On the eve of turning 30, terrified of being funneled into a life he didn’t choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent 16 months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections drew hundreds of thousands of followers, all gathered around the question: What makes a life worth living? In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Jed narrates his adventure - the people and places he encountered on his way to the bottom of the world - as well as the internal journey that started it all.
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Different that I expected
- De Sabrina en 02-21-20
De: Jedidiah Jenkins
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Around the World in 50 Years
- My Adventure to Every Country on Earth
- De: Albert Podell
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being lynched in Pakistan, and lost three of the five men who started with him - two to disease, one to the Vietcong.
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Fantastic Adventure
- De CJ en 09-12-18
De: Albert Podell
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One Year Off
- Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with Our Children
- De: David Cohen
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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In One Year Off, you can join the family on a trek up a Costa Rican volcano, cruise the canals of Burgundy by houseboat, and ride ferries through the Greek Islands. Later, as the Cohens wander further off the tourist trail, you can drive through the villages of Rajasthan, traverse the vast Australian Nullarbor, and discover the charms of Cambodia's Angkor Wat and the hidden shangri-las of northern Laos.
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fun filled travellog
- De tarun en 07-22-19
De: David Cohen
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Full Circle
- A Pacific Journey with Michael Palin
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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Following the hugely popular and successful Around the World in 80 Days and Pole to Pole, Michael Palin set off to meet another challenge: an anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific.
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Excellent, per usual
- De Enroute8 en 06-03-07
De: Michael Palin
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Braver Than You Think
- Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime
- De: Maggie Downs
- Narrado por: Rachel Fulginiti
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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As a child, Maggie Downs often doubted that she would ever possess the courage to visit the destinations her mother dreamed of one day seeing. "You are braver than you think," her mother always insisted. That statement would guide her as, over the course of one year, Downs backpacked through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, could not visit herself - encountering some of the world's most striking locales while confronting the slow loss of her mother.
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Not Ypur Typical Ttavel Destinations
- De Pammerpower en 06-12-20
De: Maggie Downs
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The Desert and the Sea
- 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
- De: Michael Scott Moore
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
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In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International, Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates for 977 days. Yet Moore’s own struggle is only part of the story: The Desert and the Sea falls at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history.
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Wow!
- De Jonathan en 08-04-18
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The Last Crocodile Hunter
- De: Bob Irwin, Amanda French
- Narrado por: David Tredinnick
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Bob Irwin's extraordinary life as a wildlife pioneer, father to wildlife warrior Steve and founder of Australia Zoo, told in his own words. Bob Irwin grew up in the Dandenong Ranges, where his passion for wildlife was born. A near-death experience while working as a plumber made Bob realise he needed to follow his dreams, so he and his wife, Lyn, moved their young family to Queensland, where they opened a wildlife park on the Sunshine Coast. The Irwin children grew up in around the Beerwah Reptile and Wildlife Park....
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Great story!
- De Amazon Customer en 01-06-22
De: Bob Irwin, y otros
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
- Aviation Classics
- De: Ted W. Lawson
- Narrado por: Douglas R. Pratt
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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In Ted W. Lawson’s classic Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Lawson gives a vivid eyewitness account of the unorthodox assignment that 85 intrepid volunteer airmen - the “Tokyo Raiders” - under the command of celebrated flier James H. Doolittle executed in April 1942. The plan called for 16 B-25 twin-engine medium bombers of the Army Air Corps to take off from the aircraft carrier Hornet, bomb industrial targets in Japan, and land at airfields in China.
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awesome story of a major WWII event
- De 3D RWC en 08-27-20
De: Ted W. Lawson
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Lost in the Jungle
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival
- De: Yossi Ghinsberg
- Narrado por: Pat Young
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Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. But when a terrible rafting accident separates him from his partner, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone against one of the wildest backdrops on the planet.
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Interesting story, awful narrator.
- De Adrian Bardue en 02-17-16
De: Yossi Ghinsberg
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Getting Stoned with the Savages
- A Trip through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
- De: J. Maarten Troost
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
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After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific until he began to feel remarkably out of place in modern America. He knew it was time to set off again for parts unknown. Here he tells the story of his time on Vanuatu, a cluster of islands where he struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes but finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders.
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My new favorite author!
- De L. Worthington en 08-28-07
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My Midsummer Morning
- Rediscovering a Life of Adventure
- De: Alastair Humphreys
- Narrado por: Alastair Humphreys
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his violin in bars and plazas. Nearly a century later, the book Laurie Lee wrote - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - inspired Alastair Humphreys. It made him fall in love with Spain - the landscapes and the spirit - and with Laurie's style of travel. Alastair dreamed of retracing Laurie Lee’s footsteps but could never get past the hurdle of being distinctly unmusical. This year, he decided to go anyway.
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Beautiful book, listen NOW! And get outside!
- De Rosalind Burns en 02-16-20
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Canoeing The Congo
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- Gus Morgan
- 08-20-15
Worth your time
If you like adventure stories, you will enjoy this audiobook. Reminded me of River of Doubt. But modern day and just as dangerous, if not more.
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- panagiotis
- 03-22-17
Interesting but not exciting
Very repetitive story. Felt like hearing him describe the same day 300 times. I guess it is to be expected considering its a trip down a river but still not much excitement there. Description of Congo was quite interesting and makes you think twice about our Western way of life.
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- Jireh
- 07-18-19
This was a beautifully illustrated!
An amazingly well orated telling of an adventure along the magnificent yet perilous Congo river. Phill Hardwood's journey takes place in modern times, yet the danger and adventure encountered on his trip is reminiscent of the tales of 1800s explorers of the Congo before him such as Livingstone and Stanley. He not only pays hommage to them in action, by trekking through the same waters they did, but also in literature by properly journaling his experiences with scenic detail. Real explorers not only tell their own stories, but also the stories of the people amongst which they find themsleves; and boy does Phill tell the story of the Congolese. Their history and their struggles, he knows all too well. As you listen to "Canoeing the Congo", you are not only joining Phill on his trip down the river, but also down Congo's dark past. You reach the end of the journey just as he does...with a better understanding of Congo's present.
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- matthew
- 10-07-13
Something best left to the confines of a book
Phil is an ex military elite from England and his stories of handling the customs officers with their Blackberries and white shirts are really amazing. We get to hear about all the intimidation that goes on in DRC. He buys into none of it, and always makes the immigration guys shake his hand and make eye contact with him before he gives in to their requests.
The more interesting part of the story is his interaction with the native fishermen, who are very poor and lead very austere lives, but know their way through the jungle quite well. Phil speaks French, Swahili and practices other languages along the way while he plies his canoe up to 12 hours a day.
In some ways it reminded me of Kira Salak's book where she kayaks 600 miles through Mali to the city of Timbuktu. She is treated well in some places and with great hostility in other places.
Both adventurers are fantastic athletes, and both are a bit crazy in my opinion, to put themselves in knowingly dangerous parts of the world. It must be part of their psyche to tempt fate and test their abilities beyond what most of us would consider reasonable.
This man's five month journey from Zambia to the Atlantic Ocean is a harrowing tale where we are treated to his deepest thoughts during stressful situations.
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- Alexandra
- 11-05-14
Corruption, Canoes, and Crocodiles. OH MY!
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes. It was a good listen that provided an inside look at a part of the world that I will most likely never see.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
I would have liked to see a bit more vivid imagery. I thought the book was good, but thought he could have done more to bring the setting to life.
What does Gareth Armstrong bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He did an excellent job narrating the story and brought his own unique voice. His voice was easy to listen to and not at all dull.
Do you think Canoeing The Congo needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No, it seems to sum up his adventure pretty well. Although, I would be interested in listening to more of his adventures in other parts of the world.
Any additional comments?
I loved how the author infused humor into his writing. I laughed out loud a few times. This is definitely a unique storyline and an interesting read if you like adventure travel.
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- Kevin McCoffee
- 10-26-13
Adventure travel is human harassment
Very good book. Phil Harwood comes across as a reasonable and friendly badass. He's ready with a smile and a handshake, but he's not going to be pushed around. There's not a lot of nature encounters in the book: it is mostly a tale of alternating harassment from venal officials and kindness from fishermen and their families. But Harwood does a good job capturing the feel of the river--while convincing you that no matter how cool this trip sounds, you don't really want to do it.
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- Adam Reinhardt
- 10-12-18
This guy had quite the adventure
Wow, Phil had quite the adventure to canoe the whole congo. He covered a wide array of facts about the people and places visited along way with a large number in great detail. The story could have been improved if helped to convey what it felt like to be on the trip by giving more details or time to some of the specific encounter types that were had several times through the adventure.
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- John S.
- 10-07-19
Took a while to get through it
I don't want to denigrate the author's adventure, as he accomplished a miracle in coming out of this trip unscathed. Moreover, I never cease to admire that he was friendly and generous to those who were nice to him, and stood up to bullies trying to shake him down; at one point in the Congo, when an immigration official was holding his passport for ransom demanding a large sum of money, the author came up with a brilliant solution.
However, I found that reading the book straight through left me exhausted long before the trip ended. For readers who are considering tackling this title, I would very strongly urge pausing the book roughly halfway through (Zambia vs. Congo). Audio narrator does a terrific job presenting the author as a likable guy, probably more so than from reading a print copy.
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- Natasha
- 02-05-18
fantastic Adventure
a very interesting story from start to finish always on the edge of my seat
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- Jim
- 09-18-19
Mind opening and open eyes. Fantastic Read.
I am greatful to have stumbled across this book.
It truly felt as if I had traveled along with the author.
I will be looking up the video the author took.
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