Peter Bland – A Step Too Far
Last modified: June 17, 2010The following synopsis is from
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A Step Too Far
This is really a thrilling adventurous love story about deep relationships;,relationships with self, with your family and with the obsession of identity and the ultimate price you might have to pay.
Peter Bland’s life has been about overcoming challenges and taking that extra step, but sometimes it has been a step too far.
Like the time he stepped out from his tent during an unsupported crossing of the Antarctic peninsula and was swept away by an avalanche, he ended up unconscious and near death 40 metres down a crevasse. Or when he dived under a stricken yacht adrift among icebergs in the Southern Ocean on a voyage to the South Magnetic Pole, without a wet suit and with the external air temperature of minus 60 degrees Celsius – in order to free a rope wrapped around the propeller.
Or how after major heart surgery to repair a massive aneurysm he dragged a sled 650 kilometres to become the first Australian to reach both of the worlds magnetic poles.
A Step Too Far is Peter’s story. It is a tale of gripping adventure and survival in some of the earths most inhospitable regions, as well as a profound insight into what drives a person to take such risks in the search for the new adrenalin highs, and the strain and stresses it places on those who around him who love them. A Step Too Far is an exciting and utterly absorbing study of a great Australian adventurer.
Wow, I don’t want to say to much about this book because it is the sort of story that has so many twists and turns and you don’t know what is coming next. From setting up a shortbread business in the backyard and going international with the brand to the many amazing and dangerous adventures. Ones that landed Pete in the news and with a whole team of people from around the world trying to pull him out of a hole in Antarctica to save his life. He also carried the physical and mental scars of heart surgery as a young man. Pete truly is one of Australia’s great adventurers.