Michael Crawley

To the Limit

The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas

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Produktbeschreibung

The author of Out of Thin Air, winner of the Margaret Mead Award 2022, journeys through different cultures to find out the meaning of endurance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781399403443
• ISBN-10: 1399403443
• Artikelnr.: 73930906

Autorenporträt

Michael Crawley

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why Am I Doing This?
2. From 'Pedestrianism' to Dance Marathons to the UTMB: Are we playing or
are we working?
3. Lakes in a Day
4. 'I Don't Want a Watch Making That Decision For Me': The Art of Tracking
5. The OMM (Original Mountain Marathon): where GPS is not allowed
6. Limits, Technology and the Elephant in the Room: Doping in endurance
sports
7. Enduring Social Media
8. 'When the Deer Raises his Tail, We're Running': The Tarahumara
9. Other Reasons to Run: including the Hopi
10. Ride to the Sun: 100 mile overnight bike ride from Carlisle to Crammond
11. 'Eat Well, Move Well, Enjoy': Trail Running in Nepal: and interview
with Mira Rai
12. Chomulungma: Sherpas on Everest
13. Enduring in a Changing Climate: Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans and
Damian Hall, ultra runner

Rezensionen

Michael Crawley gives runners a unique and illuminating gift: to see themselves through the eyes of a trained anthropologist. The result is a fascinating and multilayered exploration of what it means to endure