Bøger af John Long

Riding tubes in Venezuela. BASE jumping in Europe. Climbing big walls in Yosemite. Riding bulls in Texas. These first-person stories from acclaimed climber and adventurer John Long may be vastly different in content, but they share an identifiable emotional texture, tone and delivery, and fundamentally are of one piece. This is storytelling at its best-nonfiction that reads like fiction. In Stories from the Dirt, the action leaves you breathless, but it''s the characters that really leave a lasting mark. Like all stories worth a damn, this collection is all about the people.

Unforgettable collection of the best of John Long's writing on adventure travel and climbing.

The crux topics of bolted sport routes, including equipment, belaying, rehearsing, training, and injury prevention with the ferocity of a 5.13 redpoint.

A complete guide to climbing the largest, most sheer rock faces in the world, entertainingly written by two of the most experienced climbers in the history of the sport.

This book is a complete instruction guide to technique, safety, and getting the most out of your indoor climbing experience.

Why using natural selection to design robots is revolutionizing our understanding of life.

A classic collection of big wave surfing stories that heralded a new era in surfing literature-32 tantalizing and terrifying true tales from the sport's pioneers

A mammoth effort and the final word on climbing techniques, this guide is for the established climber to refine and polish form.