Author : Robb Gaffney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Skis and skiing
ISBN : 1424320178
Squallywood
Robb Gaffney
Squallywood
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Squallywood
Robb Gaffney
Author : Robb Gaffney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Skis and skiing
ISBN : 0972606602
Squallywood by Robb Gaffney Pdf
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows
Eddy Starr Ancinas
Author : Eddy Starr Ancinas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439668191
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows by Eddy Starr Ancinas Pdf
Nestled amid California's High Sierra Peaks, two valleys have captured the imaginations of skiers and mountain explorers year after year. Squaw Valley made a name for itself on the world stage as the host of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, just over a high ridge, Alpine Meadows was developed by devoted local skiers and Bay Area families. Discover the stories of Wayne Poulsen, John Reily and Alex Cushing as they battle avalanches, fires, floods, public opinion and the whims of mountain weather. This revised edition celebrates these two North Lake Tahoe locales, now united and looking to the future. Local award-winning author and ski historian Eddy Ancinas shares the history of these two valleys as no one has done before..
Eastern Alps
Dieter Seibert
Author : Dieter Seibert
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0906371546
Eastern Alps by Dieter Seibert Pdf
Dieter Seibert gives advice on hut approaches and essential grading and technical considerations, and then provides descriptions of the classic ascent routes of all the main peaks. The glaciated ranges of the Eastern Alps encompass the Bernina and Silvretta ranges of Switzerland, the Ortler/Adamello groups on the Austro/Swiss/Italian borders and all the main Austrian groups - the Otztal, Stubai, Zillertal and Gross Glockerner. Even the far flung Dachstein and Marmolada ranges have small glaciers. All the main peaks in these ranges involve glacier approaches and thus become technical mountaineering expeditions, requiring proper skills and training.
Finding the Doorbell
Cindy Pierce,Edie Thys Morgan
Author : Cindy Pierce,Edie Thys Morgan
Publisher : Nomad Press (VT)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Middle-aged persons
ISBN : 0979226856
Finding the Doorbell by Cindy Pierce,Edie Thys Morgan Pdf
With this hands-on approach to arousal, couples will learn how to communicate with each other about their sexual desires, making sex a positive and vital part of every relationship. Showing how trust, open communication, a sense of humor, and basic anatomical knowledge can deepen pleasure, this stimulating manual shows couples simple skills to excite bedroom satisfaction. Humorous stories and anecdotes take the covers off other people’s intimate encounters and offer perspective on what is normal for the average healthy adult. While preserving decency, this manual also gently guides partners to make changes that lead to a comfortable, gratifying sex life while dispelling common false assumptions—such as that size alone matters, having sex guarantees an orgasm, and great sex has to be wild—and demystifies ordinary anxieties—including how to engage the elusive clitoris, why the average male watches porn, why women fake orgasms, and if a man’s sex drive is really higher than a woman’s.
A Wall of White
Jennifer Woodlief
Author : Jennifer Woodlief
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416546948
A Wall of White by Jennifer Woodlief Pdf
One of the most amazing survival stories ever told -- journalist Jennifer Woodlief's gripping account of the deadliest ski-area avalanche in North American history and the woman who survived in the face of incalculable odds. On the morning of March 31, 1982, the snow had already been falling at a record rate for four days at Alpine Meadows ski resort near Lake Tahoe, California. For the vacationers and employees at the resort, this day would change their lives forever. The unprecedented avalanche that day at Alpine Meadows was a once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe. Much like the nor'easter that bedeviled the fishermen in Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, an unforeseeable confluence of natural events created the conditions for an unimaginable disaster -- and, in one woman's case, an astonishing ordeal of survival. Jennifer Woodlief movingly tells the story of the massive slab avalanche that killed seven and left one victim buried alive under the snow. In this freak event, millions of tons of snow roared into the ski area and beyond, engulfing unsuspecting vacationers as well as resort employees working in spite of the danger. At the center of this wrenching tale of nature's fury are ski patrolman Larry Heywood and his team, who heroically fought with the help of a search-and-rescue dog to save a twenty-two-year-old woman trapped for five days underneath the suffocating snow -- a tale of survival that is itself an exploration of the capacity of courage. Written with all the suspense of a thriller, A Wall of White is an inspiring story of a group of strangers brought together by an inconceivable calamity -- a testament to the unwavering dedication of a band of rebel rescuers, driven only by a commitment to saving lives, battling not just extreme conditions but seemingly impossible odds.
Austin Briggs
Manuel Auad
Author : Manuel Auad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0989014746
Austin Briggs by Manuel Auad Pdf
This book is the latest volume in our series highlighting the great American Magazine Illustrators. This handsome book is a 9x12 hardcover with dust jacket and features 160 pages of some of his best black and white art and a great selection of color illustrations. There is comprehensive biography of Austin Briggs by David Atoff and a foreword by his son, Austin Briggs, Jr.
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
Bruce Tremper
Author : Bruce Tremper
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0898868343
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper Pdf
Winter recreation in the mountains has increased steadily over the past few years, and so has the number of deaths and injuries caused by avalanches. Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain covers everything you need to know to avoid trouble in avalanche terrain: what avalanches are and how they work, common myths, human activities that lead to avalanche trouble, what happens to victims when an avalanche occurs, and rescue techniques. Provides step- by-step instruction for determining avalanche hazards, using safe travel technique, and making effective rescues.
The Rise of Superman
Steven Kotler
Author : Steven Kotler
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781477800836
The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler Pdf
An exploration of how extreme athletes break the limits of ultimate human performance and what we can learn from their mastery of the state of consciousness known as "flow" In this groundbreaking book, New York Times-bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand interviews with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes such as big-wave legend Laird Hamilton, big-mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of "flow," an optimal state of consciousness where we perform and feel our best. Building a bridge between the extreme and the mainstream, The Rise of Superman explains how these athletes are using flow to do the impossible and how we can use this information to radically accelerate our performance in our own lives. At its core, this is a book about profound possibility, what is actually possible for our species, and where--if anywhere--our limits lie.
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows: Tales from Two Valleys 70th Anniversary Edition
Eddy Starr Ancinas
Author : Eddy Starr Ancinas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467144056
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows: Tales from Two Valleys 70th Anniversary Edition by Eddy Starr Ancinas Pdf
Nestled amidst California's High Sierra peaks, two valleys have captured the imaginations of skiers and mountain explorers year after year. In this account, local author and longtime skier Eddy Starr Ancinas shares the histories of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows as they've never been told before, including the stories of John Reily, Wayne Poulsen and Alex Cushing, the visionaries whose dreams and determination forever transformed North Lake Tahoe. Squaw made a name for itself on the world stage thanks to its surprise nomination as host of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, just one mountain apart, Alpine was built with the support of local skiers and Bay Area families. Today, a new chapter unfolds as the distinct philosophies behind Squaw and Alpine unite under common ownership.
Written in the Snows
Lowell Skoog
Author : Lowell Skoog
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781680512915
Written in the Snows by Lowell Skoog Pdf
Century of Northwest wilderness skiing stories by noted expert 150 black-and-white and color photographs Celebrates the friluftsliv, or open-air living spirit, of backcountry skiing In Written in the Snows, renowned local skiing historian Lowell Skoog presents a definitive and visually rich history of the past century of Northwest ski culture, from stirring and colorful stories of wilderness exploration to the evolution of gear and technique. He traces the development of skiing in Washington from the late 1800s to the present, covering the beginnings of ski resorts and competitions, the importance of wild places in the Olympic and Cascade mountains (including Oregon's Mount Hood), and the friluftsliv, or open-air living spirit, of backcountry skiing. Skoog addresses how skiing has been shaped by larger social trends, including immigration, the Great Depression, war, economic growth, conservation, and the media. In turn, Northwest skiers have affected their region in ways that transcend the sport, producing local legends like Milnor Roberts, Olga Bolstad, Hans Otto Giese, Bill Maxwell, and more. While weaving his own impressions and experiences into the larger history, Skoog shows that skiing is far more than mere sport or recreation.
Ultimate Skiing
Ron LeMaster
Author : Ron LeMaster
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0736079599
Ultimate Skiing by Ron LeMaster Pdf
A stunning, full-color guide for the modern skier, Ultimate Skiing speaks to the intermediate, advanced and racing readership by including updated techniques for modern-shaped ski designs and tips for fine-tuning boots for specific styles and terrain. Ultimate Skiing features author Ron LeMaster's clear, thorough and captivating photo sequences depicting proper form on the slopes. Every chapter includes analyses of World Cup skiers, as well as exercises for developing and practicing technique. Original.
The Man Behind the Maps
Dale Ulland
Author : Dale Ulland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733875905
The Man Behind the Maps by Dale Ulland Pdf
Mammoth
Martin Forstenzer
Author : Martin Forstenzer
Publisher : Mountain Sports Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0878425152
Mammoth by Martin Forstenzer Pdf
Coffee table color book on the story of Mammoth Ski Area
In Search of Powder
Jeremy Evans
Author : Jeremy Evans
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803228399
In Search of Powder by Jeremy Evans Pdf
As a recent college graduate and fledging newspaper reporter in the Lake Tahoe area, Jeremy Evans became immersed in ski bum culture?a carefree lifestyle whose mantra was simply: ?Ski as much as possible.? His snowboarding suffered when he left for a job in the Portland area; and when, at twenty-six, he suffered a stroke, he reexamined his priorities, quit his job, moved back to Tahoe, and threw himself into snowboarding. But while he had been away, the culture had changed. This book is Evans?s paean to the disappearing culture of the ski bum. A fascinating look at a world far removed from the larger culture, it is also a curious account of a passion for powder and what its disappearance means. ø Evans looks at several prominent ski towns in the West (including Crested Butte, Jackson Hole, Telluride, Lake Tahoe, Park City, and Mammoth) and the ski bums who either flourished or fled. He chronicles the American West transformed by rising real estate costs, an immigrant workforce, misguided values, and corporate-owned resorts. The story he tells is that of quintessentially American characters?rejecting materialism, taking risks, following their own path?and of the glories and pitfalls their lifestyle presents.