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To the Poles Without a Beard : The Polar Adventures of a World Record-Breaking Woman
To the Poles Without a Beard The Polar Adventures of a World RecordBreaking Woman Author:Catherine Hartley Take one thirty something Clapham media bunny, bred on a diet of booze, fags and shattered relationships...and add ice, snow, freezing winds and months of hardship. One New Year's Eve, Catharine Hartley made an unusual resolution - to be the first British woman to walk to the South Pole. She had no training, no experience...and no beard. What s... more »he did have was determination and will, the will that overcame the scepticism of those around her and brought her to the Antarctic two years later, the most unlikely of adventure travellers. Catharine was miserable, dying for a cigarette, unfit and soon exhausted. She braved crevasses, frostbite, mind-numbing winds, her own doubts - and other people's. But she found the ability first to survive, then to succeed, even to enjoy herself. Once was not enough - a year later, she was off again to the other end of the earth, and an even harsher and icier wilderness. Catharine now holds three world records. She and her companion Fiona Thornewill became the first British women to walk to each Pole, the first of any country to walk to both, unaided by dogs or machines. To the Poles (without a Beard) is a hilarious and loveable story of self discovery, and how to make even our most implausible dreams come true.« less