Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 3
4. Part One
5. Some Family History 9
6. An Unusual Childhood 21
7. Rites of Passage 28
8. The Early Journals: A Sampler 36
9. New Challenges 43
10. Vancouver-Bound 48
11. Apprenticeship on the Move 56
12. Going It Alone 67
13. Part Two
14. Taking the Plunge 81
15. Epiphany and a Fallen Idol 85
16. The Cundill Value Fund 92
17. Tilting at Windmills 100
18. European Experiments and Expeditions 108
19. A Tale of Two Cities 116
20. Cycles and Sashimi 123
21. Crisis and Opportunity 128
22. A Farewell and a Promise 131
23. Part Three
24. Vintages ’48 and ’38 137
25. The Everest Trek 140
26. The International High Life 147
27. In Dante's Dark Wood 151
28. Confidence Regained 159
29. Reclaiming the initiative 166
30. Travelling with Purpose 173
31. Alarums and Excursions 182
32. Part Four
33. Reality Checks 209
34. Now We Begin Again 220
35. A year of Anniversaries 228
36. The Perfect balance 236
37. The Turn of the Tide 248
38. The seeds of a Troubled decade 259
39. Confronting Mortality 272
40. Part Five
41. A Bachelor Again 291
42. Time Present 303
43. Triumph and disaster 315
44. The Turn of the screw 328
45. Part Six
46. A brief Respite 341
47. The Tide Turns Again 348
48. The spark of Life Regained 353
49. Living in the Moment 358
50. Fast Lane to the Finish 367
51. Epilogue 381
52. Net-Net Work Sheet 395
53. Notes from a Battle-Scarred Warrior 399
54. Index 405