# The Accidental Adventurer

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- Book: [The Accidental Adventurer](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-fogle/the-accidental-adventurer) ([The Accidental Adventurer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-fogle/the-accidental-adventurer.md))
- Authors: [Ben Fogle](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-fogle)
- Publisher: Corgi Books
- ISBN: 978-05-5216-578-5
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2012-05-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.