The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer.
Thesiger succeeded in penetrating country that had wiped out two Italian expeditions and an Egyptia.
It was an extraordinary journey and a remarkable achievement.
The Danakil Diary is the account of two journeys Thesiger made into the Danakil country in Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, in 1930-34 at the age of 24 - which, today, he still regards as the most dangerous he undertook.
The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer