The Promise on One Tree Hill

Name: The Promise on One Tree Hill
Brand: David Bateman Ltd
SKU: 9781776891184
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By Graeme Dingle

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Format: Hardback

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The Promise on One Tree Hill

The Promise on One Tree Hill is Dingle's personal account of his intrepid life and adventures - from his early mountaineering achievements to his dedication to providing life-changing opportunities for young New Zealanders through his programmes Project K, Kiwi Can, Stars and Career Navigator - all told in his distinctive, no-nonsense style.

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Sir Graeme Dingle is one of New Zealand's most well-known adventurers, achieving over 200 mountaineering firsts worldwide, including first ascents in the Andes, Himalayas, Antarctica and New Zealand. But undoubtedly his greatest achievement is founding the Graeme Dingle Foundation (formerly the Project K Trust) with his wife Jo-anne Wilkinson CNZM, LLB, Lady Dingle. The organisation supports tens of thousands of young people in its programmes each year, empowering them to build resilience, overcome life's obstacles and thrive.

The Promise on One Tree Hill is Dingle's personal account of his intrepid life and adventures—from his early mountaineering achievements to his dedication to providing life-changing opportunities for young New Zealanders through his programmes Project K, Kiwi Can, Stars and Career Navigator—all told in his distinctive, no-nonsense style.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781776891184

Publisher: David Bateman Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 September 2024

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: David Bateman Ltd

Illustration: 32 pages of colour photography

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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Biography & Memoir Graeme Dingle New Zealand Biographies Non-Fiction

About the Author

Sir Graeme Dingle, KNZM, MBE is known as the father of outdoor pursuits in New Zealand. He has undertaken innumerable adventures around the globe, including hundreds of mountaineering, rock climbing and adventuring firsts. He was named by Wilderness magazine as one of the greatest New Zealand climbers of all time.
He is a published author, a painter and has been involved in the production of more than 20 adventure films. His book, Dingle: Discovering the Sense in Adventure, won Best Biography at the 2006 Montana Book Awards.
His legacy, however, will be in the humanitarian space, having founded the Graeme Dingle Foundation (formerly the Project K Trust) with his wife Jo‑anne Wilkinson, CNZM, LLB, Lady Dingle. He is a principal fundraiser for the organisation, which includes tens of thousands of young people in its programmes each year, and a Trustee of the Graeme Dingle Foundation Endowment Trust.
Sir Graeme Dingle is the recipient of numerous awards including: an MBE for services to outdoor pursuits; the Award of New Zealand for services to recreation and sport; the Antarctic Service Medal of the United States; the Deloitte Top 200 Companies Visionary Leader Award; ONZM for services to young people; and a life member of the New Zealand Alpine Club. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 from Sport New Zealand, for services to outdoor recreation; and the Outdoors New Zealand Supreme Award, in 2011. He was Knighted in 2017 for services to young people.