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In the 1930's, Beryl Smeetonhad traveled alone across four continents by road, river and rail, and often on foot or horseback; together, Milesand Berylhad climbed with the young Sherpa Tenzing to 23,000 feet in the Hindu Kush, which was the highest altitude ever climbed by a woman. In the 1950's and 1960's, they logged over 130,000 miles from the Arctic to the Horn, and, in a rare moment of immodesty, Milesonce confided that between them Beryland he had traveled across every page of The Times Atlas of the World. High Endeavoursis the true story of the most accomplished traveling and adventuring couple of the twentieth century, filled with love and adventure.Clark, Miles is the author of 'High Endeavours The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Miles & Beryl Smeeton' with ISBN 9781550540581 and ISBN 1550540580.
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