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High in the mountains of Colorado skiing is not just a winter sport, it's a way of life.
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- De Aaron en 04-07-13
De: Bear Grylls
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Skywalker
- Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail
- De: Bill Walker
- Narrado por: Bill Walker
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 290
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 289
The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT )is the perfect place for an average person to do something extraordinary. Bill Walker ("Skywalker"), who stands 6'11", might seem like anything but average. Yet in a brutally honest tone, he lays to bare all his considerable weaknesses and fears. Among these are crushing weight loss and fatigue, along with a fear of getting lost or a bear stealing his food. Nonetheless, he is bound and determined to hike the PCT which - at 2,663 miles - runs all the way from Mexico to Canada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One persons account
- De Virginia en 03-30-15
De: Bill Walker
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Beyond Possible
- One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime
- De: Nims Purja
- Narrado por: Shridhar Solanki
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 306
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 272
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 268
Nepali climber Nims Purja is the first man ever to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter "Death Zone" peaks. He did so in less than seven months, breaking the previous record of seven years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 stars for the achievement 3 stars for the book.
- De fostesa en 01-11-22
De: Nims Purja
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My Year of Running Dangerously
- De: Tom Foreman
- Narrado por: Tom Foreman
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,815
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,799
As a journalist whose career spans three decades, CNN correspondent Tom Foreman has reported from the heart of war zones, riots, and natural disasters. He has interviewed serial killers and been in the line of fire. But the most terrifying moment of his life didn't occur on the job - it occurred at home, when his 18-year-old daughter asked, "How would you feel about running a marathon with me?"
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4 out of 5 stars
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ESPECIALLY Good for Those of Us Who Don't Run!
- De Gillian en 04-12-16
De: Tom Foreman
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Kiss or Kill
- Confessions of a Serial Climber
- De: Mark Twight
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
Mark Twight is a BANFF award-winner, an extreme climber, an extreme writer, and an extreme personality. No matter what he's doing, Mark Twight takes a definite, and often controversial , stand. Anyone who knows climbing knows Twight's name, and anyone who knows Twight's name will want to listen to this audiobook. Each story is told in Twight's taut, in-your-face style. Brand-new epilogues bring each piece full circle, providing updated information and fresh, hindsight perspectives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An exciting, fresh, and viciously enjoyable book
- De The Lonely Reader en 09-02-16
De: Mark Twight
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I Hike
- De: Lawton Grinter
- Narrado por: Lawton Grinter
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 534
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 470
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 469
"I never set out to hike 10,000 miles. It just sort of happened over the course of a decade." And so goes Lawton Grinter's compelling collection of short stories that have been over ten years and 10,000 trail miles in the making. I Hike brings the reader trailside with blissful moments on the highest mountain ridges to the mental lows of mosquito hell and into some peculiar situations that even seasoned hikers may find unbelievable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best hiking book I've read yet
- De Blobsquatch en 07-04-15
De: Lawton Grinter
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The Pursuit of Endurance
- Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
- De: Jennifer Pharr Pharr Davis
- Narrado por: Jennifer Pharr Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Jennifer Pharr Davis, the former record holder of the FKT (or Fastest Known Time) on the Appalachian Trail, tells the story of her meteoric rise in the world of endurance hiking and, in doing so, unpacks key traits that make women uniquely suited to endurance. With a storyteller's ear for fascinating detail and description, she takes us with her as she sets the record on the Appalachian Trail and introduces us to the mentors who helped her to identify and unlock different facets of her endurance capabilities.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not uplifting
- De M en 05-15-18
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We Are Unprepared
- De: Meg Little Reilly
- Narrado por: Zach Villa
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
We Are Unprepared is a novel about the next big storm, the one that changes our relationship to nature and each other...the superstorm that threatens to destroy a marriage, a rural Vermont town, and the Eastern Seaboard when it hits. But the destruction begins months earlier, when fear infects people's lives and spreads like a plague.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Sociological Almost Post-Apocalyptic Thriller
- De Brian en 12-25-16
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The Art of Shralpinism
- Lessons from the Mountains
- De: Jeremy Jones
- Narrado por: Gary Tiedemann
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Not a technical guide on snowboarding but, rather, a very personal approach to how to think about mountains, snow, and adventure, The Art of Shralpinism reflects the remarkable journey of snowboarding superstar Jeremy Jones. Drawing on the hundreds of journals he has kept over the years, Jones offers intriguing snapshots of time and place that include his own on-the-slope stories and white-out moments, as well as those of other prominent adventurers such as Jimmy Chin, Zahan Billimoria, and Christina Lusti.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must for any snowboarder
- De Anonymous User en 04-22-23
De: Jeremy Jones
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To Shake the Sleeping Self
- A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
- De: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Narrado por: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,919
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,909
On the eve of turning 30, terrified of being funneled into a life he didn’t choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent 16 months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections drew hundreds of thousands of followers, all gathered around the question: What makes a life worth living? In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Jed narrates his adventure - the people and places he encountered on his way to the bottom of the world - as well as the internal journey that started it all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Different that I expected
- De Sabrina en 02-21-20
De: Jedidiah Jenkins
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Double Take
- De: Kevin Michael Connolly
- Narrado por: Kevin Michael Connolly
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Double take: a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance has not been completely grasped at first. Kevin Michael Connolly is a 23-year-old man who has seen the world in a way most of us never will. Whether swarmed by Japanese tourists at Epcot Center as a child or holding court at the X Games on his mono-ski, Kevin Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this story so much
- De R. MCRACKAN en 07-04-18
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I'll Push You
- A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends, and One Wheelchair
- De: Patrick Gray, Justin Skeesuck
- Narrado por: Patrick Gray, Justin Skeesuck
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 357
Meet Justin and Patrick. Born in the same hospital two days apart, they grew up together, faced life shoulder to shoulder, and were best man in each other's weddings. It was the way things had always been. It was the way things were always going to be. But then the unexpected struck - Justin was diagnosed with a progressive neuromuscular disease that robbed him of the use of his arms and legs. As Justin transitioned to life lived in a wheelchair, Patrick stayed by his side, and together they refused to give in to despair or physical limitations.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mixed Feelings!
- De Sharpie en 02-13-20
De: Patrick Gray, y otros
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Running Up That Hill
- The Highs and Lows of Going That Bit Further
- De: Vassos Alexander
- Narrado por: Vassos Alexander
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 29
Vassos Alexander shares his insight from interviews with legends of the sport and his own gruelling but rewarding experiences of extraordinary endurance racing - including the legendary 152 mile Spartathlon, widely regarded as the world's most relentless race. Vassos dissects and explores the tenacity that propels many to keep on running and running and running....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
- De Paul en 05-28-23
De: Vassos Alexander
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Master of Thin Air
- Life and Death on the World's Highest Peaks
- De: Andrew Lock
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Master of Thin Air opens with a fall that the author very nearly could not stop down an almost vertical rock ramp leading to a 3,000-foot drop. The qualities that saved him then on K2 - in addition to his mountaineering know-how and sheer good luck - drove his 16-year journey to summit all of the world's 8,000ers, the 14 peaks that exceed 8,000 meters (26,000-plus feet) and take climbers into the death zone. Incredibly, he accomplished that feat without the aid of bottled oxygen for every mountain but one.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Tedious, redundant
- De Mike Milward en 11-06-16
De: Andrew Lock
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Never Quit
- How I Became a Special Ops Pararescue Jumper
- De: Jimmy Settle, Don Rearden
- Narrado por: Ramon De Ocampo
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 84
Never Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store clerk, became a Special Forces Operator and war hero. After being shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with his teammates for a heroic rescue, the bullet fragments stitched over and still in his skull. In a cross between a suicide rescue mission and an against-all-odds mountain battle, his team of PJs risk their lives again in an epic firefight.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too emotional
- De Amazon Customer en 10-30-24
De: Jimmy Settle, y otros
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On the Nose
- A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb
- De: Hans Florine, Jayme Moye
- Narrado por: Hans Florine
- Duración: 5 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that's considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. But Florine's story is not one of super-human athletic prowess; it's one of persistence and dogged determination. In 30 years of climbing, he's ascended the Nose a mind-blowing, death-defying 100 times, more than anyone else ever has, and most likely ever will. In On the Nose, Florine describes the most dangerous, pivotal, and inspirational of those climbs.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Techno music?
- De Reviewer Al en 11-01-18
De: Hans Florine, y otros
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The Tour According to G
- My Journey to the Yellow Jersey
- De: Geraint Thomas
- Narrado por: Dafydd Pritchard
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world: twice an Olympic gold medallist on the track, Commonwealth champion, yet at the Tour de France a victim of crashes, bad luck and his willingness to sacrifice himself for his teammates. In the summer of 2018, that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion - from the cobbles of the north and the iconic mountain climbs of the Alps to the brutal slopes of the Pyrenees and, finally, the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a fan of GT but really enjoyed the book
- De Richy en 01-27-19
De: Geraint Thomas
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Ski Bums and the Art of Skiing
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- Anonymous User
- 04-18-21
Worst published book on audible
Terrible, unlistenable no plot
A travesty to use ski bum in title
Do not buy
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- Brian
- 11-04-14
What a let down!
What would have made Ski Bums and the Art of Skiing better?
More about actually skiing and less about pot and beer. There were so many things introduced that were not wrapped up before the end of the book. He also exaggerated a lot, getting a ticket is not being arrested.
What was most disappointing about Tom Simek’s story?
He didn't talk about actually skiing, more about conversations, pot, beer and riding in the car filled with smoke from the pot.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The tone he was using made me think there was something horrible going to happen but, it didn't. He was a little overly-dramatic.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Skiing is amazing, every once in a while he would share something about being on the mountain and it made me want to hit the slopes.
Any additional comments?
There was so much potential but I was so bored with this book. I would not recommend it unless you are really excited to listen about getting high, drunk and a small amount of skiing. I really had high hopes for this one.
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- Sinc
- 07-27-15
Meh
Was aright, but bland, as a person who works in the ski industry I found only a few things really applicable and lots of over generalizing
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