by Simon Yates · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099283867
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«The Flame of Adventure» is Simon Yates's mountaineering autobiography, published by Vintage in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Simon Yates recalls his beginnings: the adrenaline and risk of a youth lived on the edge, with successes and failures. The story ranges from the Tien Shan mountains with Russian climbers to the north face of the Eiger, from a motorcycle trip through Australia to rope-access work on London's skyscrapers, with figures such as Doug Scott and Joe Simpson.
For fans of mountain literature, adventurer biographies, and climbing stories.
Simon Philip Yates is a retired British professional road and track racing cyclist who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. His twin brother is Adam Yates, who is also a professional cyclist. He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships. Following a doping ban in 2016, he won the young rider classification in the 2017 Tour de France and the general classification in the 2018 Vuelta a España and 2025 Giro d'Italia. Yates has taken more than thirty professional victories, including eleven Grand Tour stage victories – six at the Giro d'Italia, three at the Tour de France and two at the Vuelta a España. Yates has been a resident of Andorra since 2015.
