Bicycling Beyond The Divide

Author : Daryl Farmer
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803219595

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Bicycling Beyond the Divide by Daryl Farmer Pdf

On a journey begun twenty years earlier, Daryl Farmer, a twenty-year-old two-time college dropout, did what lost men have so often done in this country: he headed west. Twenty years later and seventy pounds heavier, with the yellowing journals from that transformative five-thousand-mile bicycle trek in his pack, Farmer set out to retrace his path. This is his story of pursuing that distant summer and that distant dream of home, where home is endless space, a roof of big sky, and a bed of dry earth. Just as the years altered the man, so, too, have they altered the West, and Farmer s second journey affords a unique perspective on these changes as well as on what lasts. Whether caught in a Colorado snowstorm or braving a Yellowstone herd of bison, kayaking with orcas in Puget Sound, trading Ninja moves with a homeless man in San Francisco, or getting the lowdown on aliens on Nevada s Extraterrestrial Highway, Farmer charts a moving landscape of people and places. This is the West where the natural world and personal character are inextricably linked, and where one man s ride into the past and present takes us to the heart of that ever-evolving connection.

Author : Glen Norcliffe,Una Brogan,Peter Cox,Boyang Gao,Tony Hadland,Sheila Hanlon,Tim Jones,Nicholas Oddy,Luis Vivanco
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000575408

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Routledge Companion to Cycling by Glen Norcliffe,Una Brogan,Peter Cox,Boyang Gao,Tony Hadland,Sheila Hanlon,Tim Jones,Nicholas Oddy,Luis Vivanco Pdf

Routledge Companion to Cycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society The volume synthesizes a rapidly growing body of research on the bicycle, its past and present uses, its technological evolution, its use in diverse geographical settings, its aesthetics and its deployment in art and literature. From its origins in early modern carriage technology in Germany, it has generated what is now a vast, multi-disciplinary literature encompassing a wide range of issues in countries throughout the world.

Author : Robert Burgin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 837 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216091059

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Going Places by Robert Burgin Pdf

Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide. Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.

Author : Duncan R. Jamieson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781442253711

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The Self-Propelled Voyager by Duncan R. Jamieson Pdf

This book recounts how cycling opened the world for not only those who rode but also for the armchair travelers who read with interest the cyclists’ accounts of faraway places. This book chronicles the journeys of the men and women who used the cycle to explore the world, showcasing the rise and fall of cycling interest.

Author : Jessica Cherry,Frank Soos
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496233899

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Wheels on Ice by Jessica Cherry,Frank Soos Pdf

Wheels on Ice reveals Alaska's key role in bicycling both as a mode of travel and as an endurance sport, as well as its special allure for those seeking the proverbial struggle against nature. This collection opens with the first bicycle boom and the advent of the safety bicycle in the late 1800s, at approximately the same time gold was discovered in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. As bicycles evolved, Alaskans were among the first to innovate: the fatbike, for example, evolved from the mountain bike in the late 1980s into a wider-framed bike with fatter tires, making snow biking more accessible and giving birth to the Iditabike race. More recently, ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox rode all the major roads in the state, totaling more than 4,500 miles of gravel and pavement. Jessica Cherry and Frank Soos's diverse group of stories covers cycling both past and present. From riders commuting in every kind of weather to those seeking long-distance adventure in the most remote sections of the United States, these stories will inspire cyclists to ride into their own stories in Alaska and beyond.

Author : Nathan Doneen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948371049

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The Divide by Nathan Doneen Pdf

Author : Michael McCoy,Adventure Cycling Association
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594858208

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Cycling the Great Divide, 2nd Edition by Michael McCoy,Adventure Cycling Association Pdf

CLICK HERE to download the first chapter from Cycling the Great Divide, 2nd Edition * Mountain bikers from around the world test their mettle on this 2,745-mile route each year * Ultra cycling, including this route through the Rockies, are increasing in popularity * 245 miles have been added to the route since the first edition was published and are now covered in this new update Mostly dirt roads, a little pavement, some single track, and 100% adventure await on the great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Canada to Mexico. Cyclists dream of and plan for this life-list trip that starts in Banff, Alberta and rolls through 2,745 miles of wild mountainous beauty all the way to antelope Wells, New Mexico. Michael McCoy and the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA) provide a segmented route guide for you to follow in its entirety or section ride to suit your schedule and stamina. This fully updated edition provides the information you need to stay on route and find food, water, bike supplies, and shelter (camp or stay in small-town accommodations) over the entire adventure. Updated content in the 2nd edition includes info on the 254 miles in Canada that were recently added to the route (with maps and photos), as well as changes and additions to the evolving trail, new resources to access on your trip, and new and revised maps.

Author : Steve Kahn
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803234109

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The Hard Way Home by Steve Kahn Pdf

A lifelong Alaskan, Steve Kahn moved at the age of nine from the "metropolis" of Anchorage to the foothills of the Chugach Mountains. A childhood of berry picking, fishing, and hunting led to a life as a big-game guide. When he wasn't guiding in the spring and fall, he worked as a commercial fisherman and earned his pilot's license, pursuits that took him to the far reaches of the Alaskan wilderness. He lived through some of the most important moments of the state's history: the 1964 earthquake (the most powerful in U.S. history), the Farewell Burn wildfire, the last king crab season in Kodiak Island waters, theExxon Valdezoil spill and cleanup, even the far-reaching effects of the 9/11 attacks. The landscape of the essays inThe Hard Way Homeextends from the tip of Admiralty Island in the southeast to the Teocalli Mountains of the interior, from the windswept Alaska Peninsula to the author's present home on Lake Clark. These essays offer a view of Alaska that is at once introspective and adventurous. Here we find the state's plants, animals, people, geography, politics, and culture considered from an intimate perspective, leading to hard-earned lessons about conservation, sustainability, and living well. Ever the irrepressible guide, Kahn invites readers to share his experiences and discoveries and to consider questions about a place, and a life, that are disappearing.

Author : Kevin Grange
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803235380

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Beneath Blossom Rain by Kevin Grange Pdf

In a remote kingdom hidden in the Himalayas, there is a trail said to be the toughest trek in the world—twenty-four days, 216 miles, eleven mountain passes, and enough ghost stories to scare an exorcist. In 2007 Kevin Grange decided to acquaint himself with the country of Bhutan by taking on this infamous trail, the Snowman Trek. He was thirty-three, at a turning point in life, and figured the best way to go at a crossroad was up. Against a backdrop of Buddhist monasteries and soaring mountains, Grange ventured beyond the mapped world to visit time-lost villages and sacred valleys. In the process, recounted here with a blend of laugh-out-loud humor, heartfelt insight, and acute observation, he tested the limits of physical endurance, met a fascinating assortment of characters, and discovered truths about faith, hope, and the shrouded secret of blossom rain. Beneath Blossom Rain, Grange's account of his journey, packs an adventure story, a romantic twist, and a celebration of group travel into a single entertaining book. The result is the ultimate journey for any traveler, armchair or otherwise. Along with high adventure, it delivers an engaging look at Bhutan—a country that governs by a policy of Gross National Happiness and that many regard as the last Shangri-La.

Author : Mark Spitzer
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496200068

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Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West by Mark Spitzer Pdf

Fisherman Mark Spitzer takes readers on an action-packed investigation of the most fierce and fearsome freshwater grotesques of the American West ever to inspire both hatred and fascination. Through the lenses of history, folklore, biology, ecology, and politics, Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West depicts the environmental destruction plaguing the most maligned creatures in our midst while subtly interweaving Spitzer’s experiences of personal tragedy and self-discovery. Join Spitzer as he noodles for flathead catfish in Oklahoma, snags paddlefish in Missouri, trotline- and electro-fishes American eels in Arkansas, studies razorback suckers in Arizona, bounty hunts for pikeminnows in Washington State, attends a burbot festival in Utah, stirs up Asian carp in Kansas, and breaks the state record for the largest yellow bullhead ever caught in Nebraska. By examining freakish links in a vital chain and working with specialists in the field, Spitzer portrays a planet in environmental crisis and dispels the illusion that our actions don’t result in long-term, toxic consequences. Spitzer offers models for fisheries and provides other sources of hope in this informative epic of redemption that ultimately celebrates the wild and resilient beauty and remaining possibilities of the American West. Watch a book trailer. Visit the Where in the West is Mark Spitzer? blog series for additional reading and a look at more photographs not included in the book.

Author : Quinn Grover
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496211804

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Wilderness of Hope by Quinn Grover Pdf

Longtime fly fisherman Quinn Grover had contemplated the “why” of his fishing identity before more recently becoming focused on the “how” of it. He realized he was a dedicated fly fisherman in large part because public lands and public waterways in the West made it possible. In Wilderness of Hope Grover recounts his fly-fishing experiences with a strong evocation of place, connecting those experiences to the ongoing national debate over public lands. Because so much of America’s public lands are in the Intermountain West, this is where arguments about the use and limits of those lands rage the loudest. And those loudest in the debate often become caricatures: rural ranchers who hate the government; West Coast elites who don’t know the West outside Vail, Colorado; and energy and mining companies who extract from once-protected areas. These caricatures obscure the complexity of those who use public lands and what those lands mean to a wider population. Although for Grover fishing is often an “escape” back to wildness, it is also a way to find a home in nature and recalibrate his interactions with other parts of his life as a father, son, husband, and citizen. Grover sees fly fishing on public waterways as a vehicle for interacting with nature that allows humans to inhabit nature rather than destroy or “preserve” it by keeping it entirely separate from human contact. These essays reflect on personal fishing experiences with a strong evocation of place and an attempt to understand humans’ relationship with water and public land in the American West. Purchase the audio edition.

Author : Sharon Sites Adams,Karen J. Coates
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803218642

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Pacific Lady by Sharon Sites Adams,Karen J. Coates Pdf

It was an age without GPS and the Internet, without high-tech monitoring and instantaneous reporting. And it was a time when women simply didn t do such things. None of this deterred Sharon Sites Adams. In June 1965 Adams made history as the first woman to sail solo from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Four years later, just as Neil Armstrong very publicly stepped onto the moon, the diminutive Adams, alone and unobserved, finally sighted Point Arguello, California, after seventy-four days sailing a thirty-one-foot ketch from Japan, across the violent and unpredictable Pacific. She was the first woman to do so, setting another world record. Inspiring and exciting, Adams s memoir recounts the personal path leading to her historic achievements: a tomboy childhood in the Oregon high desert, an early marriage and painful divorce, and a second marriage that ended when her husband died of cancer. In the wake of his death and almost by accident, Adams discovered sailing. Six weeks after her first sailing lesson she bought a boat, and within eight months she set out to achieve her first world record. Pacific Lady recounts the inward journey that paralleled her sailing feats, as Adams drew on every scrap of courage and navigational skill she could muster to overcome the seasickness, exhaustion, and loneliness that marked her harrowing crossings.

Author : Bruce L. Smith
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803295339

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Stories from Afield by Bruce L. Smith Pdf

Over the past four decades, Bruce L. Smith has worked with most big-game species in some of the American West s most breathtaking and challenging landscapes. In "Stories from Afield," readers join Smith on his adventures as a naturalist, sportsman, and wildlife biologist, as he pullsus into the field of learning and discovery across wilderness areas of western Montana, the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and a South African temperate forest. Ranging from humorous to harrowing, Smith s essays recount capturing newborn elk calves, stalking mountain goats on icy cliffs, being stranded on a mountain after riding out a helicopter crash, confrontations with bears during his research, plus quirky and edifying hunting tales. Throughout his adventures, the magnetism and danger of wild nature are ever present, reminding us that our fascination with wildness often stems from its unpredictability. "

Author : Suzanne Roberts
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496237699

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Almost Somewhere by Suzanne Roberts Pdf

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike California’s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future. But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir, part nature writing, part travelogue, Almost Somewhere is Roberts’s account of that hike. John Muir wrote of the Sierra Nevada as a “vast range of light,” and that was exactly what Roberts was looking for. But traveling with two girlfriends, one experienced and unflappable and the other inexperienced and bulimic, she quickly discovered that she needed a new frame of reference. Her story of a month in the backcountry—confronting bears, snowy passes, broken equipment, injuries, and strange men—is as much about finding a woman’s way into outdoor experience as it is about the natural world Roberts so eloquently describes. Candid and funny, and finally, wise, Almost Somewhere not only tells the whimsical coming-of-age story of a young woman ill-prepared for a month in the mountains but also reflects a distinctly feminine view of nature. This new edition includes an afterword by the author looking back on the ways both she and the John Muir Trail have changed over the past thirty years, as well as book club and classroom discussion questions and photographs from the trip.

Author : Daryl Farmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1944467009

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Love Is a Stone Endlessly in Flight by Daryl Farmer Pdf

WHERE WE LAND is a collection of short stories set in the West and Alaska about people trying to negotiate boundaries--both physical and emotional. The award-winning writer Daryl Farmer is the author of Bicycling the Divide, the recipient of a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award and a finalist for the Colorado Book Award.