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Higher Calling - Road Cycling's Obsession with the Mountains (Paperback)
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Higher Calling - Road Cycling's Obsession with the Mountains (Paperback)
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List price R482
Loot Price R436
Discovery Miles 4 360
You Save R46 (10%)
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Why do road cyclists go to the mountains? Many books tell you where
the mountains are, or how long and how high. None of them ask
'Why?' After all, cycling up a mountain is hard - so hard that, to
many non-cyclists, it can seem absurd. But, for some, climbing a
mountain gracefully (and beating your competitors up the slope)
represents the pinnacle of cycling achievement. The mountains are
where legends are forged and cycling's greats make their names. Why
are Europe's mountain ranges professional cycling's Wembley Stadium
or its Colosseum? Why do amateurs also make a pilgrimage to these
high, remote roads and what do we see and feel when we do? Why are
the roads there in the first place? Higher Calling explores the
central place of mountains in the folklore of road cycling.
Blending adventure and travel writing with the rich narrative of
pro racing, Max Leonard takes the reader from the battles that
created the Alpine roads to the shepherds tending their flocks on
the peaks, and to a Grand Tour climax on the 'highest road in
Europe'. And he tells stories of courage and sacrifice, war and
love, obsession and elephants along the way.
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