A Little Madness: Skiing the Alps (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781070829739)

The Alps are magnificent mountains that make a snow and glacier covered arc of granite through France, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. Come with the author on a long-awaited return to ski the Alps that becomes five returns in as many years. Capture the beauty of skiing in Europe's famous places: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Zermatt, Courchevel, and Val Gardena lead the list. The author's solo travels take in winter explorations of Paris, Venice, Salzburg, Bolzano, and Aosta, urban journeys that add a famous cities cultural experience to the adventure. Ernest Hemingway, John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, Edward Whymper, and Mark Twain, all former Alpine travelers, make appearances. Skiing in the high Alps, wandering the cities of Europe, it's all here in a deftly told story of a homecoming that invites the reader to share the experience.

Author: Harold Brink
ISBN-10: 1070829730
ISBN-13: 9781070829739
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2019
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d