Author: Barney Scout Mann Publisher: Mountaineers Books ISBN: 1680513222 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 389
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2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board member Barney Scout Mann spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble story unfolds as these half-dozen hikers--including Barney and his wife, Sandy--trod north, slowly forming relationships and revealing their deepest secrets and aspirations. They face a once-in-a-generation drought and early severe winter storms that test their will in this bare-knuckled adventure. In fact, only a third of all the hikers who set out on the trail that year would finish. As the group approaches Canada, a storm rages. How will these very different hikers, ranging in age, gender, and background, respond to the hardship and suffering ahead of them? Can they all make the final 60-mile push through freezing temperatures, sleet, and snow, or will some reach their breaking point? Journeys North is a story of grit, compassion, and the relationships people forge when they strive toward a common goal.
Author: Lawrence Millman Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618082483 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 260
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A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.
Author: Shannon Polson Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 031032825X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 250
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After author Shannon Huffman Polson's parents are killed by a wild grizzly bear in Alaska's Arctic, her quest for healing is recounted with heartbreaking candor in North of Hope. Undergirded by her faith, Polson's expedition takes her through her through the wilds of her own grief as well as God's beautiful, yet wild and untamed creation--ultimately arriving at a place of unshaken hope. She travels from the suburbs of Seattle to the concert hall, performing Mozart's Requiem with the Seattle Symphony, to the wilderness of Alaska--where she retraces their final days along an Arctic river. This beautifully written book is for anyone who has experienced grief and is looking for new ways to understand overwhelming loss. Readers will find empathy and understanding through Polson's journey. North of Hope is also for those who love the outdoors and find solace and healing in nature, as they experience Alaska's wild Arctic through the author's travels.
Author: Adrienne Hall Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 248
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Hiking 2,159 miles from Georgia to Maine was not my idea...I was not a lost youth searching for an identity. I was not retired and looking for a new way to spend my time. I was not sorting through death or divorce. I was not recently fired from a job. The truth is, my boyfriend asked me on a date. So begins the story of one young woman's journey along the legendary Appalachian Trail. What starts as a date turns into the experience of a lifetime as Adrienne Hall faces blinding snowstorms, flooded rivers, and seemingly endless mountaintops. Yet despite the physical and mental hardships, she finds her commitment to her hiking companion and the AT experience growing with every mile. When she emerges from her trip - a million footsteps, countless candy bars, and one engagement proposal later - Adrienne has lived an adventure that few will ever know. Written with warmth, insight, and a keen sense of observation, A Journey North is a personal story about discovering what it means to hike the amazing corridor of wilderness that is the Appalachian Trail. (6 x 9 1/4, 224 pages, case bound)
Author: Anders Morley Publisher: Mountaineers Books ISBN: 1680512730 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 256
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A passionate skier since he was a child, Anders Morley dreamed of going on a significant adventure, something bold and of his own design. And so one year in his early thirties, he decided to strap on cross-country skis to travel across Canada in the winter alone. This Land of Snow is about that journey and a man who must come to terms with what he has left behind, as well as how he wants to continue living after his trip is over. It is an honest, thoughtful, and humorous reckoning of an adventure filled with adrenalin and exuberance, as well as mistakes and danger. Along the way readers gain insight, both charming and fascinating, into Northern outdoor culture and modern-day wilderness living, the history of northern exploration and Nordic skiing, the right to roam movement, winter ecology, and more. Throughout, Morley’s clear, subtle, and self-deprecating voice speaks to a backwoods-genteel aesthetic that explores the dichotomy between wildness and refinement, language and personal story, journey and home.
Author: Publisher: NorthSouth (NY) ISBN: 9781558583603 Category : Rivers Languages : en Pages : 0
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Majestic paintings and poetic text combine to give children a greater understanding of the water cycle and the important role it plays in sustaining life on earth.
Author: Hodor Publisher: ISBN: 9781093738797 Category : Languages : en Pages : 110
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Hodor finally tells his heroic tale in his own words! With his enormous size and strength, Hodor carries/drags Bran Stark through great dangers on their harrowing journey North. As a reader, remember that Hodor tells you his saga IN HIS OWN WORDS. If you love this hero as much as we do, you'll know exactly what to expect in Hodor's autobiography. ==> If you love this Hodor book, you'll also love THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD by Ned Stark, THINGS JON SNOW KNOWS by Ygritte, and TALES OF THRONES fanfiction short reads! Attention: In case you haven't gotten the joke, this GOT character only says one word throughout the entire series: "Hodor." A majority of the text of this book is just variations of sentences made up of the word 'Hodor'. So please be advised that most of this joke book is just Hodor's own words and not really a readable story. Aaaand...part of the fun of the first edition was reading the funny reviews from readers about their experience of the "story". So after you pick up a copy of this masterpiece, please leave your thoughts in a review!
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson Publisher: Lerner Publications ISBN: 9781575055916 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 56
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Takes readers on a journey into the ocean, showing examples of how the animals and plants of the ocean are connected and dependent on each other and the ocean's saltwater environment.
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