Beyond the Comfort Zone: Confessions of an Extreme Sports Junkie : Whitewater Kayaking, Adventure Racing, Extreme Skiing, Rock Climbing

Beyond the Comfort Zone: Confessions of an Extreme Sports Junkie : Whitewater Kayaking, Adventure Racing, Extreme Skiing, Rock Climbing
ISBN-10
0972517324
ISBN-13
9780972517324
Series
Beyond the Comfort Zone
Category
Extreme sports
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2002
Author
Bruce Genereaux

Description

Beyond the Comfort Zone tells the hows and whys of four extreme sports in which participants often risk debilitating injury or sudden death. Beyond the Comfort Zone is a nonfiction adventure narrative in which the unflinching character of Bruce Genereaux is repeatedly tested in friendship, disaster, near death and love. His strengths and weaknesses persist through his adventures in four extreme sports that become Bruce's armature for character development. In each sport he progresses from beginner to master of style and technique in places we all recoginze, such as Tuckerman's Ravine, Yosemite and Chile's Patagonia. Each time life choiecs must be made, and his character remains unrelenting.

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