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Mike Allsop realised at an early age he had ambitions not to be ordinary. No person could be ordinary that dreamed of becoming a pilot – yet he had no idea how he was going to achieve this goal. Luck is not something that falls off a tree, it’s something that is either in our souls before we are born or comes out of extraordinary sheer determination to achieve.
An airline pilot, a mountaineer who sees adventure as part of everyday life. Mix this up with a wife and two children and you have a set of parents that decide their children are going to part of this exciting journey.
Mike and his wife Wendy decided that on each of their 3 children’s 7th birthdays Mike would take each of them in turn on an adventure into the Himalayas. This became a ritual in the family with each child planning for months beforehand what they wanted to get out of this wonderful adventure. The challenges and the people they met that became life-long friends. Because of the success of these trips he and Wendy decided he would also get each child to plan an adventure to celebrate their fourteenth birthdays.
I absolutely loved this book. Mike’s enthusiasm and writing ability took me every step of the way of each of his and his families various adventures. What a wonderful bonding experience each child in his family had. I highly recommend this book to any reader that loves adventure in any shape or form.
Reviewed by Christine Frayling
High Adventure – The Adventure Doesn’t End When You Become A Dad
by Mike Allsop
A & U New Zealand
ISBN 9781760633622
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