Adventure Racing

By Jacques Marais and Lisa de Speville

Book Overview

Take the ultimate endurance challenge Adventure Racing is the 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. Insights on team strategy, use of support crews, map reading, and magnetic deviation will keep you on track. And the right fuel for changing conditions, medical know-how, and survival skills will keep you in the race. Profiles and stories from the top races and adventure racers provide a taste of the exciting challenges of the sport. They'll inspire you to test yourself time and again in the most addictive team endurance sport on the planet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736059113
• ISBN13: 9780736059114
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.2"