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The Mountain Bike Skills Manual
Fitness and Skills for Every Rider
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
More riders than ever are heading to the country on their mountain bikes. It's a sport that has exploded over the last twenty years, as people of all ages and walks of life are drawn to the thrill of the ride.
Written by rider, racer and trainer Clive Forth, The Mountain Bike Skills Manual...
Self Defense: The Complete Self Defense Guide Against Unexpected Fights and Sudden Attacks
Core Esential Skills, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Would you like to be armed with the right self-defense skills so that you know exactly what to do if your life was hanging by a thread?
It's impossible to know what outcome to expect when facing any life threatening situation.
Knowing how to react against unexpected attacks is a skill...
Over the Hills and Far Away
A life in the mountains: From Snowdonia to the Himalaya
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
‘The whole trail has been orchestrated to make it possible for each one of us, in different ways, to be “touched” by wilderness’
Over the Hills and Far Away is a collection of essays that demonstrates Rob Collister’s thirty-year experience in mountaineering. From solo climbing in...
Four Boots-One Journey
A Story of Survival, Awareness & Rejuvenation on the John Muir Trail
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Originally published as an award-winning paperback: A Hike for Mike. Jeff Alt takes you vicariously along the John Muir Trail, on an entertaining adventure, with his new wife, Beth. Jeff convinces Beth, a woman who prefers hotels, hot showers and warm beds to chuck her domesticated ways and hike...
High Infatuation
A Climber's Guide To Love and Gravity
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Throughout her life, Steph Davis has chosen to take risks, to trust her impulses, to make decisions based on what feels right inside--and never look back. Studying to be a concert pianist, she quit music the day she was introduced to rock climbing. Later, she abandoned the respectability of university...
by Kris Nutter
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Follow along on this epic American road trip from Cincinnati, Ohio through the Southwestern United States to California and back. The Nutter family takes readers along day-by-day to National Parks such as Mesa Verde, the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and more. They also...
by Wayne J. Lutz
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Updated 12-15-2013. River and lake paddling in a sea kayak not your typical jaunts in the Pacific Northwest. Heres proof that enchanting journeys are born in dreams of personal exploration. A Canadian paddler heads south to probe the rivers of Washington, searching for “slow pusher” rivers to propel...
50 Years of Hunting and Fishing, Part 2
More Mis-Adventures of a Guy Who Couldn't Quit
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2001
More fascinating, humorous, exciting stories of hunting and fishing in 11 states and Alaska over the past 50 years.
by Ace McCloud
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Are you embarrassed by your basketball skills? Tired of missing those crucial shots? Wish you could steal the ball more often?
Whether you want to (1) shoot more accurately, (2) play better defense, or (3) discover how to be a more powerful player, this book will get you there.
Are you...
In Some Lost Place
The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya - the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain. At ten kilometres in length, the Mazeno is the longest route to the summit of an 8,000-metre...
by John Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Better Bouldering presents all the techniques and tricks gleaned from the thirty-year bouldering career of John Sherman, America's most noted and notorious bouldering guru. Sharing the most recent trends in techniques, equipment, and injury treatment...
Postcards from the Ledge
Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
* Reflections and humorous pieces, plus insights into some of mountaineering's more controversial events * Revealing portraits of other Himalayan climbers Peeling back the layers to reveal the gritty truth about the elite climbing world is Greg Child's specialty. With clever wit, sharp observations,...
Freedom Climbers
The Golden Age of Polish Climbing
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
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"One of the most important mountaineering books to be written for many years." —Boardman-Tasker Prize
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by Moire O'Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Moire turned up to her first mountain race with the wrong shoes, wearing too many clothes, and with a body verging on obese. Though tempted to pull out and go home, she reluctantly runs.
Little did she know the race up Corrig Mountain would inflict such physical blows: Her lungs catch fire,...