Long Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously - Hardcover

McKibben, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684855976 ISBN 13: 9780684855974

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

This text documents Bill McKribbens year as an imposter of sorts in the demanding world of competitive skiing. In his late 30s McKribben decided to test his body. He decided upon cross-country skiing. He took a year out and trained full-time - with the help of a coach/guru - putting in hours and miles typical of an Olympic athlete. McKribben's year culminated in a series of long-distance cross-country races, where his body experienced rhythms and possibilities like never before. Changing his lifestyle and training full-time test not only your body but also your mind and spirit. Whilst training McKribbens father developed an illness that would eventually cause his death. This forced McKribben to futher explore his body and spirit and that of his father's.

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Long Distance: A Year Of Living Strenuously

Review:

Jon Krakauer author of "Into Thin Air" Bill McKibben has written a wry, wise, thought-provoking book about what it takes -- and what it means -- to endure for the long haul. It's an extended meditation on athleticism, primarily, but it's also a wonderful paean to winter, and dying with dignity, and -- perhaps above all -- leading the examined life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0684855976
• ISBN 13: 9780684855974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192