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Extreme Outdoor Adventures: Who Survives And Why
ISBN: 9781599212005 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Incredible but True Stories of Confronting Death and Emerging VictoriousThe rock climber who cut off his own arm with a penknife. The hiker who fought off a mountain lion. Passengers who survive the crash of a bush plane in Alaska. We read headlines we sometimes find hard to believe, yet there are on record dozens of such events. Here is a collection of tales from everyday people who faced terrible odds, accidents, extreme weather, wild animals, or severe injury, many describing how they entered another state of consciousness an adrenaline high to get away alive. Forget reality TV this is...
Incredible but True Stories of Confronting Death and Emerging VictoriousThe rock climber who cut off his own arm with a penknife. The hiker who fought...
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70,93 zł |
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Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing: How to Become a Successful Racer and Adventure Athlete
ISBN: 9781579548360 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How to Become a Successful Racer and Adventure Athlete Why should you take a pair of sandals, a dollar bill, and a car antenna to your next adventure race? You'll find the answer to that question and many others in Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing. In this authoritative guide, Ian Adamson shares his insider secrets for training, racing, team building, conflict management, injury prevention, equipment repair, sleep management, and much more. Often referred to as the Michael Jordan of adventure racing, Adamson helps you navigate any type of adventure race, from... How to Become a Successful Racer and Adventure Athlete Why should you take a pair of sandals, a dollar bill, and a car antenna to you... |
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73,68 zł |
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White Heat: The Extreme Skiing Life
ISBN: 9780743287340 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. White Heat is pure adrenaline--a thrilling exploration of extreme skiing that pushes the reader over the edge with heart-pounding accounts of people who risk their lives on the fastest, steepest slopes. Often obsessed and possibly crazy, extreme skiers and snowboarders are having the time of their lives facing death-defying challenges. But the extreme skiing life isn't just about the quest to finish first; it's a lifestyle made up of insane jumps, bone-breaking speeds, and world records--not to mention the wild off-mountain social world, the flamboyant gear and slang completely...
White Heat is pure adrenaline--a thrilling exploration of extreme skiing that pushes the reader over the edge with heart-pounding accounts of p...
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95,59 zł |
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The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island
ISBN: 9781926645179 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Refreshingly free of the hubris that marks much adventure writing. . . The reader never feels assaulted by Kobalenko's daring, only inspired by it.--"The New York Times Book Review."
Refreshingly free of the hubris that marks much adventure writing. . . The reader never feels assaulted by Kobalenko's daring, only inspired by it.--"...
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108,45 zł |
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Wild Birding Colorado: The Big Year of 2010
ISBN: 9781432771034 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,13 zł |
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Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide
ISBN: 9780313381126 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last half century, skateboarding has evolved from a simple, idyllic child's pastime that originated in southern California to becoming a worldwide youth culture phenomenon. This now-mainstream action sport has spawned a multi-billion-dollar commercial market for skateboarding equipment, skateboard-related media and entertainment, as well as skate-inspired softgoods like clothing, shoes, and accessories; and it is likely to soon become an Olympic sport. Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide is brimming with fascinating history and engaging stories from skateboarding's... In the last half century, skateboarding has evolved from a simple, idyllic child's pastime that originated in southern California to becoming a wor... |
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191,10 zł |
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Gobi Runner: Taking a Personal and Professional Challenge to the Desert
ISBN: 9781926645797 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With only a vague understanding of what he was getting himself into, Danis decided to participate in the Gobi March, an unaided 250-kilometer foot race in the Gobi Desert of China. Now, in this captivating story of mind over matter, he shares how he overcame the challenges he faced.
With only a vague understanding of what he was getting himself into, Danis decided to participate in the Gobi March, an unaided 250-kilometer foot rac...
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86,72 zł |
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Sailing Solo Alone
ISBN: 9780956921901 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sailing Solo Alone. This true story has three main characters - Some guy in a boat; an 18ft yacht called Solo and the Sea - a rather bad tempered sea. The budding sailor, buys this yacht, takes it for a spin up and down the river a couple of times, raises the sails once or twice, swabs the decks and reads a manual or two. Then, before he knew it, our hero (for want of a better word) is in the middle of the North Sea. It's October, it's extremely windy, it's the dead of night and more than that, he's out there alone. The Sea has one attempt at killing him. The boat somehow stays upright, more...
Sailing Solo Alone. This true story has three main characters - Some guy in a boat; an 18ft yacht called Solo and the Sea - a rather bad tempered sea....
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50,16 zł |
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More Than a Race: Four 70-Year-Old Cyclists Ride the Race Across America
ISBN: 9781626521964 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More Than a Race is about the notorious Race Across America (the RAAM) known as the world's toughest bicycle race. The story tracks a four-man team of septuagenarians who proved that age is no obstacle to superlative performance. Adding to the narrative are the voices of families and crew members, whose perspectives on the racers and crew dynamics enrich the account. Leaving Oceanside CA on June 12, 2012, the team and their hard-working support crew of 15 raced to Annapolis MD in 6 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes, at an average of 19.04 mph. They not only broke the 70+ record by 27 hours, but also...
More Than a Race is about the notorious Race Across America (the RAAM) known as the world's toughest bicycle race. The story tracks a four-man team of...
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63,05 zł |
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Death Grip
ISBN: 9781250043283 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Death Grip chronicles a top climber's near-fatal struggle with anxiety and depression, and his nightmarish journey through the dangerous world of prescription drugs. Matt Samet lived to climb, and craved the challenge, risk, and exhilaration of conquering sheer rock faces around the United States and internationally. But Samet's depression, compounded by the extreme diet and fitness practices of climbers, led him to seek professional help. He entered the murky, inescapable world of psychiatric medicine, where he developed a dangerous addiction to prescribed medications--primarily... Death Grip chronicles a top climber's near-fatal struggle with anxiety and depression, and his nightmarish journey through the dangerous wor... |
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82,55 zł |
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Learning to Fly: A Memoir of Hanging on and Letting Go
ISBN: 9781451698336 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WITH A NEW EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHOR World-class free climber Steph Davis delivers a "thrilling and infectiously interesting" (San Francisco Book Review) memoir about rediscovering herself through love, loss, and the joy of letting go. The paperback includes a new epilogue in which Davis shares how her husband's tragic accident has affected her relationship to climbing and flying. Steph Davis is a superstar in the climbing community and has ascended some of the world's most awe-inspiring peaks. But when her husband makes a controversial climb in a national park, the media...
WITH A NEW EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHOR World-class free climber Steph Davis delivers a "thrilling and infectiously interesting" (San Francisc...
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82,55 zł |
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Running High, Running Low, Running Long
ISBN: 9781785077791 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An inspiring story of fatty to fitty and the power of the mind. Aged 30, Ben had a routine medical and was told he wouldn't see 40 unless he changed his lifestyle. An overweight, sedentary smoker, Ben had a young family and busy career with little time for anything else. 10 years later having completed many of the world's toughest ultra marathons including the Western States 100, the Ultra Trail of Mont Blanc and the Marathon Des Sables, he was hit with life-changing news when one of his daughters was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Ben decided to undertake his toughest challenge yet: to...
An inspiring story of fatty to fitty and the power of the mind. Aged 30, Ben had a routine medical and was told he wouldn't see 40 unless he changed h...
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77,85 zł |
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Running High, Running Low, Running Long
ISBN: 9781785077807 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An inspiring story of fatty to fitty and the power of the mind. Aged 30, Ben had a routine medical and was told he wouldn't see 40 unless he changed his lifestyle. An overweight, sedentary smoker, Ben had a young family and busy career with little time for anything else. 10 years later having completed many of the world's toughest ultra marathons including the Western States 100, the Ultra Trail of Mont Blanc and the Marathon Des Sables, he was hit with life-changing news when one of his daughters was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Ben decided to undertake his toughest challenge yet: to...
An inspiring story of fatty to fitty and the power of the mind. Aged 30, Ben had a routine medical and was told he wouldn't see 40 unless he changed h...
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111,93 zł |
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Surfing vs. SUP surfing
ISBN: 9781530777174 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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456,44 zł |
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Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780760343449 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today's super high-performance bikes are the most potent vehicles ever sold to the public and they demand advanced riding skills. This is the perfect book for riders who want to take their street riding skills to a higher level. Total Control explains the ins and outs of high-performance street riding. Lee Parks, one of the most accomplished riders, racers, authors and instructors in the world, helps riders master the awe-inspiring performance potential of modern motorcycles.This book gives riders everything they need to develop the techniques and survival skills necessary to become a...
Today's super high-performance bikes are the most potent vehicles ever sold to the public and they demand advanced riding skills. This is the perfect ...
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107,16 zł |
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Mud and Obstacle Race Logbook
ISBN: 9781938590054 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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48,45 zł |
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Extreme: Why Some People Thrive at the Limits
ISBN: 9780199668588 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why do some people risk their lives regularly by placing themselves in extreme and challenging situations? For some, such as astronauts, the extreme environments are a requirement of the job. For others, they involve the thrill and competition of extreme sports, or the achievement of what seem like unimaginable goals to some - such as being the first to reach the South Pole or climb Mount Everest. Whether for sport or a career, these people have made the personal choice to put themselves in places where there is a significant risk. What drives such people? What skills and personality traits...
Why do some people risk their lives regularly by placing themselves in extreme and challenging situations? For some, such as astronauts, the extreme e...
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104,53 zł |
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The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life
ISBN: 9780738218144 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travis Macy summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into vast limestone caves in China, and ran through parched deserts in Utah. Most famously, he won one of the country's marquee ultra-distance events: Leadman, a high-altitude series of super-long-distance races, culminating with a 100-mile mountain biking race and a 100-mile trail run. Macy accomplished it without exceptional strength, speed, or flexibility, and without high-tech performance labs or performance-enhancing drugs. His secret? A precise and particular outlook he calls the "Ultra Mindset," principles for daily...
Travis Macy summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into vast limestone caves in China, and ran through parched deserts in Utah. Most fam...
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73,86 zł |
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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves
ISBN: 9780544484078 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 - Scientific American Recommended Read
"Fascinating, informative, exhilarating." --Wall Street Journal Deep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth. Fascinated by the sport of freediving--in which competitors descend great depths on a single breath--James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. He finds whales that communicate with other whales... New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 - Scientific American Recommended Read |
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86,90 zł |
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Landscapes of Leisure: Space, Place and Identities
ISBN: 9781137428523 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The leisure landscape is a complex and diverse one that is both natural and built, dark and light, safe and dangerous, contained or without boundary, and profoundly influences the manner in which leisure is performed and experienced. These leisurescapes are increasingly becoming significant sites for the construction of individual and shared frameworks in which people orient themselves and act in wider society.
Drawing on international contributions by leading researchers in the field, this collection aims to map out the complex relationship that leisure has with place. A key element... The leisure landscape is a complex and diverse one that is both natural and built, dark and light, safe and dangerous, contained or without boundary, ...
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501,19 zł |
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