Giant Steps
by Karl Bushby · first published 2007
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I love biographies/auto-biographies of people not in technology (directly) who live an interesting life. "Giant Steps: The Remarkable Story of the Goliath Expedition From Punta Arenas to Russia" by Karl Bushby Unbelievable what it feels like to just take off... http://www.amazon.com/dp/0751536954 "Walt Disney: The…
on “Ask HN: What literature do you read?” ↗I found a copy of Giant Steps in a European bookshop circa 2008, so he was never an obscure figure. In any event, within the overland travel community especially, Bushby comes up occasionally for his walking across the Darien Gap…
on “After 28 years walking across the globe, he's almost home” ↗