{"id":11356,"date":"2011-04-20T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2011-04-07T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T15:38:43","slug":"ultimate-adventures-by-greg-witt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/ultimate-adventures-by-greg-witt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Adventures by Greg Witt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wow! <\/em>This is a great book for travel dreamers or doers.\u00a0 Subtitled A Rough Guide to Travel Adventures <\/strong><\/em>by Greg Witt, Ultimate Adventures <\/strong><\/em><\/a>showcases all sorts of exotic locations — some places I’ve never even heard of, but now can’t wait to see.\u00a0 And though there are many adventures which are geared more to the adrenaline junkie, there are still plenty of “soft” experiences for the more conservative traveler.\u00a0 For instance, I know I’ll never ever<\/em> attempt a 51-day ski trip to the South Pole or ice diving in Russia’s White Sea.\u00a0 But maybe I could handle hiking New Zealand’s Milford Trek, as I’ve had friends who’ve successfully completed it.<\/p>\n

One handy feature is a 5-star rating system covering\u00a04 elements: physical, psychological, skill level and wow! factor.\u00a0 This is designed to help the reader decide if this trip is a good match for their abilities.\u00a0 For example, climbing Mt. Kilamanjaro is ranked high (4) for the physical endurance required, only a 2 for the skill level needed (it’s basic hiking, not technical rock climbing) but it scores a 5 for Wow factor.<\/p>\n

It’s well-organized (by continents); the photos are breathtaking and the descriptions should inspire even the stodgiest couch potato.\u00a0 As a librarian, I don’t need to buy many books, but I do plan to purchase this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow! This is a great book for travel dreamers or doers.\u00a0 Subtitled A Rough Guide to Travel Adventures by Greg Witt, Ultimate Adventures showcases all sorts of exotic locations — some places I’ve never even heard of, but now can’t wait to see.\u00a0 And though there are many adventures which[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[1601,475,164,1602,684,1089],"class_list":["post-11356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-adrenaline","tag-adventure","tag-hiking","tag-rafting","tag-trips","tag-vacations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2Xa","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11356"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11408,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions\/11408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}