Introduction

This is One Step Beyond by Colin Thubron, a British travel writer and novelist from the issue of October 7th, 2022. On a planet whose every inch has been photographed by satellite, you might imagine there was no place left for discovery. This casts a poignant light on Levison Woods' giant anthology, Endurance,. 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure and Exploration. Ships sink, planes crash, war's erupt, survivors and even competent explorers get lost. There have arisen accounts of physical feats of endurance, whose impulse may seem closer to that of athletes.