A High Level Escape from Office Routine <\/p>\n
Meetings On The Edge is a travel memoir by Mags MacKean, a once-frustrated
\njournalist for the BBC, who took the plunge and abandoned a ten-year career to
\nfollow her dream to become a mountaineer. The book explores the impact of a
\nsolitary journey as well as unexpected encounters with some fascinating people
\nalong the way. The different natural environments she encounters mirror the
\ndemands of an evolving quest. The many lessons of nature`s classroom are set
\nagainst a background of adventure, discovery and undertaken with considerable
\npersonal risk. Like all quests, the incidental insights and surprising events
\nchallenge the romantic idea of adventure. <\/p>\n
Stories from Alaska, the Pacific North-West, the Himalaya and New Zealand`s
\nSouthern Alps are interwoven into the central adventure of traversing the
\nFrench and Spanish Pyrenees alone. Tales to highlight include encountering a
\nnaked and all too aroused flasher far off the beaten track, a colourful
\nrelationship with Nepal`s most famous civilian, a film star, two weeks after
\nthe massacre of the royal family, and summiting Denali, North America`s
\nhighest peak, while the expedition dwindled from 9 to just 4 due to life-
\nthreatening illness and mishap. But it was after a chance meeting with a wise
\nMaori man and a solitary encounter with a 2000-year-old Kauri tree in an
\nancient forest, that the author experiences an epiphany: that a restless,
\ngoal-driven life is not the most fulfilling.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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