The accidental adventurer - Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle's life has been action-packed to say the least. He has rowed across the Atlantic, walked to the South Pole, run the Sahara and
ice-skated across Sweden. He has encountered isolated tribes in deepest
Papua New Guinea, caused a Boeing 747 to dump 100k of fuel before
making an emergency landing in Sao Paolo, and frequently been mistaken for Prince William along the way.

So how did
a cripplingly shy, geeky, perennially homesick boy end up doing all
this? Ben's still not entirely sure himself, but this wonderful book
tells his story and will strike a chord with anyone puzzling about life, and how to live it differently.

This is a book about defying expectations, conquering fears, battling
laziness and, just occasionally, winning.