Jerry Holl

Downhills Don't Come Free: One Man's Bike Ride from Alaska to Mexico (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One man. One bike. One tent. One hell of an adventure.

THREE-TIME INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNER

Gold Medal Winner: eLit Book Award for Sports/Fitness/Recreation

Bronze Medal Winner: 2018 Ippy Award for Sports/Recreation/Fitness

Finalist: 2017 Book Excellence Awards

Biking from Alaska to Mexico solo is hard enough. But when you throw in bad weather, flat tires, hair-raising roadways, and unpredictable grizzly bears, only a fool would keep going.

Fortunately, Jerry Holl was just the fool for this particular two-wheeled odyssey. Coming off a lifetime of corporate positions, he wasn't exactly prepared-his most trusted companion on the trip was a bike he didn't know how to fix. But inexperience and lack of a concrete plan didn't stop him. For fifty-one days, Holl pedaled his way across two countries, encountering everything weird and wondrous North America had to offer.

Downhills Don't Come Free takes you through the ups and downs (literal and figurative) of Holl's ride. By turns amusing and reflective, self-deprecating and self-assured, it chronicles every aspect of the journey, from the breathtaking vastness of the Alaskan-Canadian wilderness to the fortitude, generosity, and eccentricity of the people he met along the way.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wise Ink Creative Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781634899413
• Artikelnr.: 50116017

Autorenporträt

One Man. One Bike. One Tent. Without a Doubt, One Hell of an Adventure!

Award-winning true story tells how a fifty-seven-year-old inexperienced

and untrained distance cyclist pedaled his way solo across two countries, encountering "everything weird and wondrous North America had to offer"

Downhills Don't Come Free is the recipient of the 2017 Book Excellence Award, Finalist, Adventure Category, and the 2018 IPPY Award, Bronze Medal, Sports/Fitness/Recreation Category.

"This book is an EPIC adventure tale that needs to be added to your collection. This book encourages you to overcome your fears, take calculated risks, and accept hospitality from complete strangers and it will even inspire you to plan your next trek so that you too will not give up on life and accept aging as most people do… This is one of my all-time favorite books that I have ever read…and now I'll begin reading it a second time. If you are looking for a feel-good experience that will leave you eager to achieve more in your life, start here, read this book, and get ready for your spirit to be forever changed!" ~ Patrick Snow, international best-selling author of Creating Your Own Destiny

"Downhills Don't Come Free is a wonderful book! The whole concept of 'finding your stretch'-that challenging place where you feel most alive-imbues the book with an energy and vitality that jump from the page. It is, in the end, an ode to persistence, endurance, and follow-through, and a celebration of living life fully and ecstatically. This book is not just for those who want to take a similar adventure but for anyone looking for their 'stretch,' be that physical, mental, or emotional." ~ Dale Griffiths Stamos, Emmy-nominated writer, poet, teacher, and director