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The Resource Overlander : one man's epic race to cross Australia, Rupert Guinness

Overlander : one man's epic race to cross Australia, Rupert Guinness

Label
Overlander : one man's epic race to cross Australia
Title
Overlander
Title remainder
one man's epic race to cross Australia
Statement of responsibility
Rupert Guinness
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A powerful memoir about a bike race that led to an inspiring personal journey In March 2017 Rupert Guinness set out on the trip of a lifetime: to race across Australia in the inaugural Indian Pacific Wheel Race. This was no ordinary bike race - unlike the Tour de France, which Guinness had made his name reporting for decades - competitors would ride completely unassisted from Fremantle in Western Australia to the Opera House in Sydney on the other side of the country. There would be no help, just riders and their bikes crossing one of the most beautiful - and often inhospitable - places on earth. Rupert wanted to rediscover the rich but little recognised history of the pioneering cyclists whose rides throughout Australia from the 1860s unveiled a largely unknown interior - but what he discovered was the extraordinary strength and endurance of the human spirit. A searing tragedy on the road stopped everyone in their tracks, and competitors had to make some of the toughest decisions they had ever faced. A powerful memoir of a race and of a journey of the human spirit, across one of the most challenging landscapes in the world
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
ANL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Guinness, Rupert
Dewey number
796.626
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Guinness, Rupert
  • Indian Pacific Wheel Race (Bicycle race)
  • Bicycle racing
  • Cyclists
Target audience
adult
Label
Overlander : one man's epic race to cross Australia, Rupert Guinness
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000061240540
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xix, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781925640090
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
colour illustrations, portraits (chiefly colour), colour map
System control number
(OCoLC)1014121859
Label
Overlander : one man's epic race to cross Australia, Rupert Guinness
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000061240540
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xix, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781925640090
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
colour illustrations, portraits (chiefly colour), colour map
System control number
(OCoLC)1014121859

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