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	The Long Way Home Pete Ripmaster took on the challenge of the FOOT Iditarod and devoted years of his life to training and competing, while dealing with his own inner demons. In 2018, after several attempts, he became one of the few people in history to win the grueling 1000-mile journey through the harsh Alaskan wilderness, but the journey to get there almost cost him his life.
	Adventure Racing A complete guide to the skills, equipment, strategies, navigation, and nutrition used by the top adventure racers around the globe. Start with the right gear to perform your best—even in desert, rainforest, and subzero environments. Then learn the skills for trekking, mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking, and mountaineering.
	Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing: How to Become a Successful Racer and Adventure Athlete In this authoritative guide, Ian Adamson shares his insider secrets for training, racing, team building, conflict management, injury prevention, equipment repair, sleep management, and much more.
	Adventure Racing: The Ultimate Guide Written by two endurance athletes, Adventure Racing covers the sport from its origins in New Zealand 20 years ago through today. It delves into the nuts and bolts of navigation and orientation, mountain biking, trekking, rope skills, and paddling. Information on nighttime racing and training, how to prevent injury and illness, fuel and hydration, and what to expect after a race are included.
	World's Toughest Endurance Challenges The World’s Toughest Endurance Challenges profiles 50 of the most extreme marathons, triathlons, bike rides, adventure races, climbs, open-water swims and other iconic endurance events from around the world. Breathtaking full-color photographs and insider commentary from top athletes will thrill endurance athletes, extreme sports addicts, and outdoor adventurers of all stripes.
	Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth The Raid Gauloises - an 8-12 day adventure race in remarkably inhospitable environments - is an event in which simply finishing is a victory. Experience every exhilarating step of Martin Dugard's intensely personal account of this grueling and remarkable journey.
	The Complete Guide to Adventure Racing Presents advice and instructions on the sport of adventure racing covering such topics as equipment, navigational tools, maintenance and repair of bikes, canoes and kayaks, and training.
	Squiggly Lines A book on map and compass navigation with a focus on adventure racing and rogaining. 150 maps and figures. Over 100 exercises to complete for practice.
	The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of My Feet: Tales from the World of Adventure racing Jamison, Moslow-Benway, and Stover provide a wide range of essays sharing the thoughts and experiences of a variety of adventure racing athletes. The book reflects upon their experiences, team building, leadership traits, chaos, and lively exchanges with team members.
	Fixing Your Feet: Injury Prevention and Treatment for Athletes Foot expert and ultra runner Vonhof explains how the interplay of anatomy, biomechanics, and footwear can lead to happy or hurting feet. Vonhof focuses on individual and team care covering both injury prevention and first aid necessary to keep racing.
	Keeping Dry and Staying Warm A unique must-read resource for outdoor enthusiasts and professionals alike. Gain a better understanding of what you are buying, selling and/or wearing, and blogging or writing about. Despite what advertising may imply, the garment does not do it all for you.
	The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, 2nd Edition Primer on navigating in the wilderness with exercises for developing a directional six sense, tips on mastering the art of map and compass reading, comprehensive updates on the newest orienteer technologies, and examples of topographical maps.
	Ultralight Backpacking Tips Short, to the point, and humorously illustrated by famed outdoor illustrator Mike Clelland, this book presents everything hikers and backpackers need to be safe, comfortable, and well-fed while carrying a very small and lightweight pack.
	Bump, Bike, and Baby: Mummy's Gone Adventure Racing The author is a carefree runner with little interest in children. Unfortunately she promised her husband they'll start a family. She describes her exploits and how she maintains her sanity when faced with the demands of being a mummy and competing in adventure races
	How Winning Works Robyn Benincasa shows you how to climb to new levels of professional and personal success. She shares the eight essential elements of teamwork, learned through her extreme adventure racing, that create synergy with all the teammates in your life, from colleagues and customers to family members and friends:
	ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology Because most nutrition products and training plans are designed for men, it’s no wonder that so many female athletes struggle to reach their full potential. ROAR is a comprehensive, physiology-based nutrition and training guide specifically designed for active women. This book teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition, hydration, and training to your unique physiology so you can work with, rather than against your female physiology.
	Rusch to Glory Rebecca Rusch describes her adventure journey as a world class adventure racer, mountain bike and gravel rider, and successful business woman. She describes her early childhood and the loss of her father, an Air Force pilot shot down over Vietnam. From these humble beginnings she chronicles her strengths and weaknesses and through grit, resilience, and perseverance, she became a world class professional athlete and adventure racer.
	The Perfect Mile There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur — still driven not just by winning but by the nobility of the pursuit.
	Swimming to Antarctica The acclaimed life story of a Lynne Cox, whose drive and determination, inspires everyone she touches. By age sixteen, she had broken all records for swimming the English Channel. Her daring eventually led her to the Bering Strait, where she swam 5 miles in 38deg water.
	Undaunted Courage In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, made the first map of the trans-Mississippi West, provided invaluable scientific data on the flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase.
	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage A major part of adventure racing is the possibility of things going drastically and tragically wrong. The sport brings the risks of unknown and uncertain conditions, negative actors, and physical and emotional challenges that drive you to your core. Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, presents one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age.
	The Boys in the Boat: Nine American and Their Epic Quest for Hold at the 1936 Berline Olympics #1 New York Times best seller about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany. Inspirational story nine American quest for gold while facing bias, adversity, and uncertain and chaotic conditions.
	Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why Laurence Gonzales’s bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers’ everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, and practical advice has inspired everyone from business leaders to military officers, educators, and psychiatric professionals on how to take control of stress, learn to assess risk, and make better decisions under pressure.
	The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon A great book for adventure seekers. Outside magazine's "Literary All-Stars" depicts the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride down the Colorado River and thru the Grand Canyon during the flood of 1983
	Boundless Life Donato details the quest for adventure and the opportunities to test ourselves in a very primal way—in ways that we aren’t able to in our lives very much anymore. Describing the key moments and adventures that put him on the path to Boundless, Simon takes you on an adventure-filled journey around the globe and shows how you can apply his lessons and experience to your everyday life.
	Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna I have given my whole life to the mountains. Born at the foot of the Alps, I have been a ski champion, a professional guide, an amateur of the greatest climbs in the Alps and a member of eight expeditions to the Andes and the Himalayas. If the word has any meaning at all, I am a mountaineer.' So Terray begins Conquistadors of the Useless- not with arrogance, but with typical commitment.
	Dirty Inspirations: Lessons from the Trenches of Endurance Sports The search to find one’s own limits and surpass them is what defines us as human beings. By consciously choosing to walk the path of most resistance, we come to a better understanding of ourselves, and our potential for physical, mental and emotional growth. And nowhere is this universal journey better represented than in the crucible of extreme endurance sports, where athletes are truly pushed beyond the bounds of what seems possible.
	The Man Who Swam the Amazon Martin Strel completed the first-ever swim of the 3,274-mile-long Amazon River. The Fish Man, as he was called by locals, almost died in the process several times; he encountered deadly piranha, crocodiles, anaconda, river sharks, blistering, relentless sun, dangerous currents, river pirates and drug runners, and the insidious candiru.
	Big Mile Cycling In 2008 Sean Conway set off on a 1000 mile bike ride that would shape the next 10 years of his life as he became obsessed with the idea of becoming a real ultra-cyclist. This is his story, how he tried, and failled many times, to break a cycling world record, and the story about his final world record attempt, cycling 4000 miles across Europe.