0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books

Buy Now

The Darkest White Loot Price: R569
Discovery Miles 5 690
You Save: R160 (22%)
The Darkest White: Eric Blehm

The Darkest White

Eric Blehm

 (sign in to rate)
Was R729 Loot Price R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 You Save R160 (22%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

From Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless, comes an extraordinary new book in the vein of Into the Wild, the story of the legendary snowboarder Craig Kelly and his death in the 2003 Durrand Glacier Avalanche—a devastating and controversial tragedy that claimed the lives of seven people. 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 The Darkest White 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. It is also a definitive, immersive account of snowboarding and the cultural movement that exploded around it, growing the sport from minor Gen X cult hobby to Olympic centerpiece and a billion-dollar business full of feuds and rivalries. Finally, The Darkest White is a mesmerizing, cautionary portrait of the mountains, of the allure and the glory they offer, and of the avalanches they unleash with unforgiving fury.

General

Imprint: Harper
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2024
Authors: Eric Blehm
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-297140-1
Categories: Books
LSN: 0-06-297140-9
Barcode: 9780062971401

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Dare To Believe - Why I Could Not Stay…
Mmusi Maimane Paperback R350 R249 Discovery Miles 2 490
How To Fix (Unf*ck) A Country - 6 Things…
Roy Havemann Paperback R310 R210 Discovery Miles 2 100
Tipping Point: Turmoil Or Reform…
Raymond Parsons Paperback R300 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150
Suid-Afrikaanse Leefstylgids vir…
Vickie de Beer, Kath Megaw, … Paperback R399 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900
Sizzlers - The Hate Crime That Tore Sea…
Nicole Engelbrecht Paperback R320 R235 Discovery Miles 2 350
Bullsh!t - 50 Fibs That Made South…
Jonathan Ancer Paperback  (2)
R270 R180 Discovery Miles 1 800
Mexico In Mzansi
Aiden Pienaar Paperback R360 R255 Discovery Miles 2 550
Guilty And Proud - An MK Soldier's…
Marion Sparg Paperback R330 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400
Birds Of Greater Southern Africa
Keith Barnes, Terry Stevenson, … Paperback  (4)
R450 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990
In Silence My Heart Speaks
Thobeka Yose Paperback R290 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950
Mission Of Malice - My Exodus From…
Erika Bornman Paperback  (8)
R260 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080
Positively Me - Daring To Live And Love…
Nozibele Mayaba, Sue Nyathi Paperback  (2)
R310 R210 Discovery Miles 2 100

See more

Partners