The Longest Run: How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years by O'Neil, Devon

The Longest Run: How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692554753)

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The Longest Run: How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years by O'Neil, Devon

The Longest Run: How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years

$16.00
The Longest Run: How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years by O'Neil, Devon

The Longest Run: How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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From November 1, 2003 until January 10, 2012, Rainer Hertrich, a middle-aged snowcat groomer from Copper Mountain, Colorado, skied every day for 2,993 consecutive days. Before his streak, the longest run on record was 365 days by a British journalist and his French girlfriend. Hertrich's wild, globe-trotting journey captured the heart of Olympians and ski bums alike, many of whom say his streak will never be matched. It only ended when doctors discovered a near-fatal heart arrhythmia and ordered Hertrich to stop skiing. In this memoir, coauthored with ski writer Devon O'Neil, Hertrich tells of his family's emigration from Germany, his unlikely rise to fame by way of a now-defunct ski area in Estes Park, Colorado, and story after hilarious story from a life lived on motorcycles, in tents, aboard sinking boats, and, of course, on big mountains worldwide, always chasing adventure. By turns heartwarming, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny, Hertrich's commitment to skiing transcends the snowy lifestyle and shows what is possible when someone devotes his life to a simple, liberating pursuit: strapping skis to his feet and schussing downhill on snow.

Author: Devon O'Neil, Rainer Hertrich
ISBN-10: 0692554750
ISBN-13: 9780692554753
Publisher: Longest Run Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2015
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d
By Devon O'Neil
By Devon O'Neil
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Rainer Hertrich is a skier and snowcat driver at Copper Mountain, Colorado, where he has lived for 33 years. He was born in D?seldorf, Germany, and grew up in Estes Park, Colorado, at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. From 2003 to 2012, he skied every day for 2,993 consecutive days, beating the longest streak on record by more than seven years. Coauthor Devon O'Neil is a freelance journalist in Breckenridge, Colorado. His work appears regularly in Outside, SKI, Powder, and Backcountry magazines, as well as on ESPN.com.

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