Adventure Racing - Brossura

Marais, Jacques; De Speville, Lisa

 
9780736059114: Adventure Racing
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0736059113 ISBN 13: 9780736059114
Casa editrice: Human Kinetics, 2005

Sinossi

Take the ultimate endurance challenge! Adventure Racing is the complete guide to the skills, equipment, strategies, navigation, and nutrition used by the top adventure racers around the globe.

Start with the right gear to perform your best—even in desert, rainforest, and subzero environments. Then learn the skills for trekking, mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking, and mountaineering.

Insights on team strategy, use of support crews, map reading, and magnetic deviation will keep you on track. And the right fuel for changing conditions, medical know-how, and survival skills will keep you in the race.

Profiles and stories from the top races and adventure racers provide a taste of the exciting challenges of the sport. They'll inspire you to test yourself time and again in the most addictive team endurance sport on the planet.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jacques Marais is a professional photographer, writer, and consulting editor who specializes in adventure, eco, and wilderness activities based in southern Africa. He is a regular contributor to a host of leading South African magazines and newspapers, and his work is regularly featured in magazines such as Men's Health, Sports Illustrated, Discovery Magazine, and Runner's World. Through his extensive international travels, Marais has compiled a vast library of photography showcasing the most remote and beautiful corners of the globe.

Marais lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Lisa de Speville received her honors degree in medical cell biology, but her passion for sport and adventure has dominated her career direction. She is the owner and editor of South Africa's adventure racing Web site, www.AR.co.za, and works as a freelance journalist, Web designer, and adventure racing camerawoman. Speville won Brazil's Jungle Marathon in 2003, and she has completed numerous multiday adventure races and solo self-sufficient ultra footraces.

Speville lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Editore
Human Kinetics
Data di pubblicazione
2005
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0736059113
ISBN 13 
9780736059114
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
160
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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ISBN 10:  1843307235 ISBN 13:  9781843307235
Casa editrice: New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2004
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