Bibliograph

No picnic on Mount Kenya, Felice Benuzzi

Type

Label

No picnic on Mount Kenya, Felice Benuzzi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No picnic on Mount Kenya

Oclc number

971543986

Responsibility statement

Felice Benuzzi

Summary

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea.There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return. But this is the remarkable story of three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places

Target audience

adult

Classification