Feet in the Clouds: 20th Anniversary Edition - a Tale of Fell-running and Obsession - Couverture souple

Askwith, Richard

 
9780711291928: Feet in the Clouds: 20th Anniversary Edition - a Tale of Fell-running and Obsession
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ISBN 10 : 0711291926 ISBN 13 : 9780711291928
Editeur : Aurum, 2024

Synopsis

‘A masterpiece’ The Sunday Times

‘The pure essence of trail running, infectious and captivating’ Scott Jurek, bestselling author of Eat and Run

‘One of the best books about the extremes of sporting endeavour that you will ever read’ Independent on Sunday 

 Twenty years since it was first published, Feet in the Clouds by Richard Askwith remains the definitive story of fell-running and a modern sports classic.

 Richard Askwith’s journey takes him into a world of forbidding rocky hills, horizontal rain, fear, exhaustion and stunning natural beauty, as well as one of the sport's purest and toughest challenges: the Bob Graham Round, running 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours. Along the way, he encounters some of the most prodigious – and unsung – athletes that Britain has produced, such as Joss Naylor, who covered the equivalent of four Everests in a single run.

Gripping, funny and moving, Feet in the Clouds is a story that any aspiring runner, endurance athlete or mountain-lover will understand well: of extremity, heroism and the experience of a lifetime. With a fully revised epilogue and an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, this is a complete portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots – in which the point is not fame or fortune but to run the ancient, wild landscape, and to be a hero, if at all, within one’s own valley.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard Askwith is a writer, journalist and former Associate Editor of The Independent. He is the author of bestselling and award-winning titles Feet in the Clouds and Running Free.

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Éditeur
Aurum
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0711291926
ISBN 13 
9780711291928
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
376
Coordonnées du fabricant
Aurum Brothers
www.silberschnur.de

Steinstra�e 1
G�llesheim
56593
Allemagne

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9781781310564: Feet in the Clouds: The Classic Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1781310564 ISBN 13 :  9781781310564
Editeur : Aurum, 2013
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