River Runner
Author: Thayer Walker
Publisher: Monoray
Published: 2022-04-07
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781913183851
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A River Runner's Guide to the History of the Grand Canyon
Author: Kim Crumbo
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKim Crumbo, a river ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, has written a guide to the rich human history of the river and its canyon. Every rapid and other point of interest is discussed and clearly marked.
THE RIVER RUNNER
Author: Allan Ishmael Young
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-09-23
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1329576217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMy name is Jake Tama. Well, Captain Jacob Ezekiel Tama, if you want to get formal. I'm a riverboat captain, and I have been around rivers all my life. Oh, I did spend some time on the ocean in the Navy. Then sixteen years as a policeman-homicide, mostly. But even then I drove boats. Then I bought my own excursion boat, and the business was good. And that is where my problem started -- crime, murders, mostly. Everywhere I go something happens to get me drawn into resolving a mystery, even worse than when I was a cop. I was even accused of committing murder. Then I was almost a victim. And yes, I've had a few romances along the way. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Just read the book!
River Running
Author: Verne Huser
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780898867015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to white-water boating, with information on rivers in the United States and Canada, equipment, various types of inflatable craft, the routine of an expedition, and safety and emergency procedures.
A Mad, Crazy River
Author: Clyde L. Eddy
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0826351565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Clyde Eddy first saw the Colorado River in 1919, he vowed that he would someday travel its length. Eight years later, Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, a bear cub, and a heavy motion picture camera into three mahogany boats and left Green River, Utah, headed for Needles, California. Forty-two days and eight hundred miles later, they were the first to successfully navigate the river during its annual high water period. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure. “The point of his great adventure is not to make a name for himself, or to profit from a documentary film, or even to prove that quiet men of intellect can be as courageous as brawny frontiersmen. The point is the journey itself, the satisfaction of attempting the near impossible, and of surviving to tell the tale.”--Peter Miller, National Geographic Magazine, from the Foreword
River Runners' Guide to Utah and Adjacent Areas
Author: Gary C. Nichols
Publisher:
Published: 1986-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780874807257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fully revised and updated edition of Gary Nichols' widely used guide to river running in Utah, with information about alterations in waterways and changes in access points.
Breaking Into the Current
Author: Louise Teal
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0816536937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1973, Marilyn Sayre gave up her job as a computer programmer and became the first woman in twenty years to run a commercial boat through the Grand Canyon. Georgie White had been the first, back in the 1950s, but it took time before other women broke into guiding passengers down the Colorado River. This book profiles eleven of the first full-season Grand Canyon boatwomen, weaving together their various experiences in their own words. Breaking Into the Current is a story of romance between women and a place. Each woman tells a part of every Canyon boatwoman's story: when Marilyn Sayre talks about leaving the Canyon, when Ellen Tibbets speaks of crew camaraderie, or when Martha Clark recalls the thrill of white water, each tells how all were involved in the same romance. All the boatwomen have stories to tell of how they first came to the Canyon and why they stayed. Some speak of how they balanced their passion for being in the Canyon against the frustration of working in a traditionally male-oriented occupation, where today women account for about fifteen percent of the Canyon's commercial river guides. As river guides in love with the Canyon and their work, these women have followed their hearts. "I've done a lot," says Becca Lawton, "but there's been nothing like holding those oars in my hands and putting my boat exactly where I wanted it. Nothing."
Running the Dream
Author: Matt Fitzgerald
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1643135155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe bestselling author of 80/20 Running and How Bad Do You Want It? reveals his inspiring and surprising journey to see just how fast he can go. Matt Fitzgerald has been running (and writing about running) for most of his adult life. But, like many passionate amateur runners, he never felt he was quite fulfilling his potential. If he follows the training, nutrition, and lifestyle of an elite runner, just how fast could he go? In his mid-forties, Matt at last has the freedom to do nothing but train, if only for the span of one summer. The time is now. He convinces the coach of Northern Arizona Elite, one of the country's premier professional running teams, to let him train with a roster of national champions and Olympic hopefuls in the running mecca of Flagstaff, Arizona, leading in to the Chicago Marathon. The results completely redefined Matt’s notion of what is possible, not only for himself but for any runner. Filled with a vibrant cast of characters, rigorous and quad-torching training, and a large dose of self-deprecating humor, Matt’s gripping account of his “fake pro runner” experience allows us to partake in the dream of having the chance to go all the way. Yet for the gifted young runners Matt trains with, it’s not a dream but concrete reality, and their individual stories enrich this inspiring narrative. Running the Dream pulls us into the rarified world of professional running in a way we can all relate to, regardless of speed, and to take away pieces of one man’s amazing journey to try to achieve our own potential.
World Whitewater
Author: Jim Cassady
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an international guide to the legendary rivers of the world. It gives the reader all the information needed to plan an expedition, including maps of 50 rivers with photographs, mile-by-mile descriptions of major rivers and personal stories from boaters who have been there.
The Emerald Mile
Author: Kevin Fedarko
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-07
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1439159866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
