The Darkest White
Blehm, Eric
| Autor: | Blehm, Eric |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Biography / Autobiography |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 27.02.2024 |
| EAN: | 9780062971401 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 352 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | HarperCollins |
| Untertitel: | A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him |
Produktinformationen "The Darkest White"
"On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a 100-foot-wide tide of snow barreled down the Northern Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. More than a dozen skiers and snowboarders were thrust down the mountain, buried beneath several tons of rock-hard snow and ice in the Durrand Glacier Avalanche. A heroic search and rescue ensued. Among those buried was Craig Kelly--'the Michael Jordan of snowboarding'--a man who had propelled the sport into the mainstream before walking away from competitions, to rekindle his passion in the untamed alpine wilds of North America. [This] is the story of Craig Kelly's life, a heartbreaking but extraordinary and inspiring odyssey of a latchkey kid whose athletic prowess and innovations would revolutionize winter sports, take him around the globe, and push him into ever more extreme environments that would ultimately take his life"--
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