Blacktrekking

Author : Stephanie Claytor
Publisher : Iwrite4oru
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999884239

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Blacktrekking by Stephanie Claytor Pdf

BLACKTREKKING: My Journey Living in Latin America is a riveting, coming-of-age story profiling author Stephanie Claytor's decision to move to a completely foreign country by herself, not just once but twice. From the time Stephanie was a baby, she spent many summers on family vacations exploring the United States with her family. As Stephanie became an adult, she made the decision to live abroad and learn Spanish. From love and heartbreak to violence, culture shock and exploration of racial identity, Stephanie details her time blossoming into an adult while living in both the Dominican Republic and Colombia. This moving travel memoir weaves in tips for how to stay safe while living abroad, as well as how to have a good time and maximize the experience. A naturally inquisitive storyteller and an award-winning multimedia reporter by trade, who has worked at numerous television stations across the United States, Stephanie put her journalism skills to work and shares never heard before interviews from displaced Colombians and from members of maroon communities. She intertwines the stories of others who have fought for years to be recognized. Many of her personal adventures will have you laughing and reflecting, while simultaneously inspiring you to walk away with a greater understanding of Dominican and Colombian culture.

Author : Brittany Konsella,Frank Konsella
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594858833

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Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado by Brittany Konsella,Frank Konsella Pdf

Whether you’re an experienced backcountry skier or intermediate snowboarder looking to ramp up your out of bounds expeditions, Brittany and Frank Konsella have the cred to guide you to the state’s special runs. Both have descended all of the state’s 14ers on skis and Brittany was the second woman to accomplish that feat. They know where the sweet lines are. Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado—part of the popular series—includes backcountry routes focused on the Front Range and the San Juans, with other routes in the Sawatch Range, Elk Mountains, Mosquito Range, and more.

Author : Christopher Van Tilburg
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594855177

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Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Oregon by Christopher Van Tilburg Pdf

CLICK HERE to download a sample advanced, intermediate and beginner route from Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Oregon * Includes 120 black-and-white photos and 90 maps * Routes coverage ranges from Lassen Peak, through Oregon, up to Mount St. Helens The first guidebook in a new Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Series from Mountaineers Books, Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Oregon describes nearly 100 of the best and most classic mountain routes that will exhilarate and challenge winter backcountry seekers. Although many of these routes are geared toward intermediate and expert skiers and boarders, there are also appropriate routes for those just getting into the backcountry for the first time. Full state coverage includes more than 30 routes on Mount Hood alone, and ranges across Mount Jefferson, the Three Sisters and Bend area, Willamette Pass and Mount Bailey, Crater Lake National Park, the southern Cascades, Steens, and the Wallowas and Blue Mountains regions. There are also classic routes just over the borders -- Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak in Northern California and Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams, and Muir Snowfield in Washington. Many of these routes are selected for their straightforward approaches. Sections describe avalanche safety, best resources, gear, Oregon backcountry laws, and routes by best season and skill level. This is a guidebook to get snowboarders and skiers out in the mountains for quality fun! WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT BACKCOUNTRY SKI & SNOWBOARD ROUTES OREGON: "Van Tilburg's new book provides extensive, easy-to-read information on the majority of the ski and snowboard objectives in the greater Oregon region and should be considered a mandatory addition to a local backcountry enthusiast's library." -- Off Piste magazine

Author : Lynne Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Long distance swimming
ISBN : 0753820501

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Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox Pdf

At 14, Lynne Cox swam 26 miles from Catalina Island to the California mainland; at 15 and 16, she broke the men's and women's world records for swimming the English Channel - a 33-mile crossing; at 18, she swam the 20-mile Cook Strait between North and South Islands of New Zealand; she was the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, the most treacherous 3-mile stretch of water in the world; she was first to swim the Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia, thereby opening the U.S.-Soviet border for the first time in 48 years; and the first to swim the Cape of Good Hope (a shark emerged from the kelp, its jaws wide open, and was shot as it headed straight for her). And finally she is the first person to have swum a mile in 0 degree water in Antarctica.Lynne Cox writes about swimming the way Saint-Exupery wrote about flying, and one sees how swimming, like flying, can stretch the wings of the spirit. A thrilling, modest, vivid and lyrical, account of an inspiring life.

Author : William Van Horn
Publisher : Appalachian Trail Conference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1889386995

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Appalachian Trail Guide to North Carolina-Georgia Including the Great Smokey Mountains National Park by William Van Horn Pdf

The official guide to the 238 miles of the Appalachian Trail from its southern terminus on Springer Mountain in Georgia (about an hour north of Atlanta) to the eastern boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. This guidebook comes with four five-color topographic maps printed on two sheets of waterproof, tear-resistant material, for the areas south of the park and National Geographic Maps' five-color topographic map of the park, with its side trails. The route traverses wilderness areas throughout the Chattahoochee-Oconee and Nantahala national forests, as well as the park, and includes the most rugged sections of the legendary footpath south of New Hampshire and Maine. All the waterproof, tear-proof maps have scales of about one inch to one mile. The book includes detailed trail descriptions as well as information on overnight sites, water sources, natural and cultural history of the areas, and directions to trailheads. Packaged in a resealable bag for convenience on the trail. No batteries, downloads, or service reception required.

Author : Nicholas Tomihama
Publisher : NickTomihama
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780983248101

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The Backyard Bowyer by Nicholas Tomihama Pdf

With over 300 step-by-step pictures, the Backyard Bowyer is geared for the beginning bowyer, backyard hobbyist, and anyone who has ever pondered building a wooden bow. Easy to read and follow steps go down to even the smallest detail in the design and construction of basic archery bows. Learn to craft fine wooden bows without huge investment in equipment and materials, and without being bound by location and limited workspace. Learn to construct: A classic target flat bow, an English Longbow suitable for hunting, and even your own strings and arrows for traditional and primitive archery.

Author : Mary Anne Mercer
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647423445

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Beyond the Next Village by Mary Anne Mercer Pdf

Beyond the Next Village is Mary Anne Mercer’s memoir of discovery, growth, and awakening in 1978 Nepal, which was then a mysterious country to most of the world. After arriving in Nepal, Mercer, an American nurse, spent a year traveling on foot—often in flip-flops—with a Nepali health team, providing immunizations and clinical care in each village they visited. Communicating in a newly acquired language, she was often called upon to provide the only modern medicine available to the people she and her team were serving. Over time, she learned to recognize and respect the prominence of their cultural beliefs about health and illness. Encounters with life-threatening conditions such as severe malnutrition and ectopic pregnancy gave her an enlightening view of both the limitations and power of modern health care; immersed in villagers’ lives and those of her own team, she realized she was living in not just another country, but another time. This unique story of the joys and perils of one woman’s journey in the shadow of the Himalayas, Beyond the Next Village opens a window into a world where the spirits were as real as the trees, the birds, or the rain—and healing could be as much magic as medicine.

Author : Aananda Teertha
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781482813418

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Wanderings Windows & White Paper by Aananda Teertha Pdf

The book, Wanderings, Windows, and White Paper, is not a storybook but a book of stories, poems, and a few drawings. Each of the stories is unique, but they connect to translate a wholesome idea of oneness. The plot and the presentation are simply incredible. The characters are nameless, known along the story as per their activities or simply as wanderers. They show up themselves to share a thought, a very new one, and ignite a new set of thought waves that refresh the whole thinking process of the reader instantly. A hidden potency in each sentence to recharge the reader with a gentle jolt is notable. The whole book celebrates the aloneness as the hidden source of power generation, mentioned throughout the book as ones own Self or Presence. The language is purely unique, original, not from the intellect nor of the heart or of the mouth, but intuitively poetic. A philosophical travelogue, a well-knit mystic bunch of short stories in a single thread of experiencing, with the fragrance of compassion that takes the reader away from the entangling hands of lines and space to a settled pause. And throws light on the beauty and courage, up on the midroadmoving.

Author : David Oliver Relin
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781615193639

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Second Suns: Two Trailblazing Doctors and Their Quest to Cure Blindness, One Pair of Eyes at a Time by David Oliver Relin Pdf

Now in paperback: a #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s gripping chronicle of “two doctors . . . bringing light to those in darkness” (Time) Second Suns is the unforgettable true story of two very different doctors with a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness. Dr. Geoffrey Tabin was the high-achieving “bad boy” of his class at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sanduk Ruit grew up in a remote village in the Himalayas, where cataract blindness—easily curable in modern hospitals—amounts to an epidemic. Together, they pioneered a new surgical method, by which they have restored sight to over 100,000 people—all for about $20 per operation. Master storyteller David Oliver Relin brings the doctors’ work to vivid life through poignant portraits of their patients, from old men who can once again walk treacherous mountain trails, to children who can finally see their mothers’ faces. The Himalayan Cataract Project is changing the world—one pair of eyes at a time.

Author : Lu Cile Ivey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781453510377

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Ivy on the Wall by Lu Cile Ivey Pdf

Author : Brian Ullmann
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781605423159

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Darwin's Race by Brian Ullmann Pdf

Twelve contestants compete in the most ambitious adventure race ever attempted--to advance into the deepest unexplored gorge on Earth. As they plunge deeper into the gorge, death follows, and the racers realize that the mist-shrouded gorge is not as uninhabited as believed. Original.

Author : James A. Delle,Mark W. Hauser,Douglas V. Armstrong
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817356484

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Out of Many, One People by James A. Delle,Mark W. Hauser,Douglas V. Armstrong Pdf

As a source of colonial wealth and a crucible for global culture, Jamaica has had a profound impact on the formation of the modern world system. From the island's economic and military importance to the colonial empires it has hosted and the multitude of ways in which diverse people from varied parts of the world have coexisted in and reacted against systems of inequality, Jamaica has long been a major focus of archaeological studies of the colonial period. This volume assembles for the first time the results of nearly three decades of historical archaeology in Jamaica. Scholars present research on maritime and terrestrial archaeological sites, addressing issues such as: the early Spanish period at Seville la Nueva; the development of the first major British settlement at Port Royal; the complexities of the sugar and coffee plantation system, and the conditions prior to, and following, the abolition of slavery in Jamaica. The everyday life of African Jamaican people is examined by focusing on the development of Jamaica's internal marketing system, consumer behavior among enslaved people, iron-working and ceramic-making traditions, and the development of a sovereign Maroon society at Nanny Town. Out of Many, One People paints a complex and fascinating picture of life in colonial Jamaica, and demonstrates how archaeology has contributed to heritage preservation on the island.

Author : Andy N Robinson,Kirsty McGregor
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781909651050

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It's NOT a Holiday! by Andy N Robinson,Kirsty McGregor Pdf

Professional tour leaders Andy N Robinson and Kirsty McGregor have spent over ten years leading group tours. In It’s NOT a Holiday!, they bring this combined experience together into a ‘must read’ book for all adventure travellers. Fun and informative, It’s NOT a Holiday!, will help you understand what group tours involve – the types of tour available, what happens on tour as well as offering advice to help you make the most of your time away. It introduces twenty stereotypical characters you will inevitably find on your own tour and how they cope with the delays, breakdowns, border closures and other hiccups that commonly occur on overland trips. The book highlights the A-Z of group travel through real stories and humorous anecdotes from their experience as professional tour leaders. It’s NOT a Holiday! should be the first item you pack as you prepare for that organised tour of a lifetime

Author : Sydney Williams
Publisher : Sydney Williams
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780578614366

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Hiking My Feelings by Sydney Williams Pdf

Have you ever spoken unkindly to yourself? Do you even realize when you do? Are you ready to make changes but find yourself completely paralyzed by the choices in front of you? We live in a hyper-connected, “always-on” world, and frankly? It's exhausting. Let’s make time to disconnect from the distractions and reconnect with yourself. Hiking My Feelings: Stepping into the Healing Power of Nature is more than a collection of trail tales - it’s a guide to aid (or begin!) your healing journey, helping you do the work to step up into the best version of yourself. Over the course of our lives, not only do we pick up our own trauma, we carry things for others - their fears, their insecurities, their expectations for how we should live our lives. So many of us are wandering through life wearing an invisible backpack full of those things, and it can be heavy. The weight of the stuff we are silently carrying is killing us slowly. We as individuals and every level of our communities are affected by trauma. When we don’t get help, unresolved trauma manifests as mental and physical disease. Join Sydney Williams as she unpacks her "trauma pack", sharing the story of how hiking helped her reconnect to, and heal, her mind and body - kicking her limiting beliefs and Type 2 Diabetes to the curb in the process.

Author : Priyanka Pareek
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789354271984

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AMAIRA by Priyanka Pareek Pdf

"The story of a girl who ran away from everything just to find everything"