| Freediving - The Essentials for reaching 65 feet in just two days
| Are you looking to improve or to begin learning about freediving? Do you wish to be able to stay submerged longer and be able to go deeper?Well if you are this is the book for you.In "Freediving - the Essentials for reaching 65 feet in just two days" you will not only learn how to simply reach 65 feet of depth but you'll also learn how to:- Hold your breath for over five minutes- Use the safest breathing techniques- Deal with the fear and anxiety you might encounter- Know how much extra weight y...More
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| Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons
| Marathons have become too easy for some runners. What was once the pinnacle of achievement in a runner’s life is now a stepping stone for extraordinary adventure in ultramarathoning. The number of ultrarunners—those running distances of 50k (31miles), 50 miles, 100k (62 miles), or 100 miles—is growing astronomically each year.Dean Karnazes’ Ultramarathon Man and Chris McDougall’s Born to Run have inspired tens of thousands to try these seemingly superhuman distances. But to date, there...More
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| Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
| In one of his most ambitious physical efforts to date, Dean Karnazes attempted to run 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 days to raise awareness of youth obesity and urge Americans of all fitness levels to "take that next step.""UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons - 50 States - 50 Days", a Journeyfilm documentary, follows Dean’s incredible step-by-step journey across the country. There are those of us whose idea of the ultimate physical challenge is the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon. And then...More
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| Mastering Mountain Bike Skills - 2nd Edition
| Mastering Mountain Bike Skills is your guide for riding better, faster and more confidently on all terrain. World champion racer Brian Lopes and renowned coach Lee McCormack provide you with all of the key techniques and skills you’ll need to take your ride to the next level. This new and improved edition of Mastering Mountain Bike Skills provides detailed, technical instruction for every mountain biking discipline: · Trail · Gravity · ...More
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| SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND RECOVERY
| S - Size up the situation, surroundings, physical condition, equipment. U - Use all your senses R - Remember where you are. V - Vanquish fear and panic. I - Improvise and improve. V - Value living. A - Act like the natives. L - Live by your wits. 1. Immediate Actions a. Assess immediate situation. THINK BEFORE YOU ACT! b. Take action to protect yourself from nuclear, biological, or chemical hazards (Chapter IX). c. Seek a concealed site. d. Assess medical condition; treat as necessary (Chapter ...More
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| WINTER SURVIVAL COURSE HANDBOOK, SURVIVAL MANUAL, SURVIVAL GUIDE
| WINTER SURVIVAL COURSE HANDBOOK, SURVIVAL MANUAL, SURVIVAL GUIDE 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR SURVIVAL 2 SURVIVAL KIT 3 WATER PROCUREMENT 4 EXPEDIENT SHELTERS AND FIRES 5 CORE VALUES AND MOUNTAIN LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES 6 SURVIVAL SIGNALING AND RECOVERY 7 SURVIVAL NAVIGATION 8 TRAPS AND SNARES 9 USES FOR GAME 10 SURVIVAL FISHING 11 FIELD EXPEDIENT TOOLS, WEAPONS, AND EQUIPMENT 12 EXPEDIENT SNOWSHOES 13 WINTER TRACKING 14 SURVIVAL MEDICINE 15 WEATHER 16 INTRO TO EVASION 17 AVALANCHE AND ICE HAZARDS APPENDIX...More
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| LAND NAVIGATION, SERE, SCRS 1201, Military Manuals, Survival Ebooks
| With the aid of references and given an area of operations during day/night, military map, protractor, compass, and grid coordinates, navigate using basic techniques.
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| Winderness Survival and Wilderness Medicine Course
| This survival manual/course is packed with 376 pages survival info. Chapter TITLE 1 MOUNTAIN SAFETY 2 NUTRITION 3 WILDERNESS PATIENT ASSESSMENT 4 HIGH ALTITUDE ILLNESS 5 HEAT RELATED INJURIES 6 COMBAT CASUALTY CARE 7 BURN MANAGEMENT 8 HYPOTHERMIA / REWARMING 9 SUBMERSION INCIDENTS 10 WILDERNESS ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES 11 TREATMENT OF REPTILE AND ANTHROPOD ENVENOMATION 12 COLD INJURIES 13 LAND NAVIGATION 14 SEARCH AND RESCUE 15 TRIAGE 16 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE / WATER PURIFICATION APPENDIX A SURVIVAL T...More
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| Can't Swim, Can't Ride, Can't Run: From Common Man to Ironman
| This book is both a lesson in true grit and determination, but its goal is one that is attainable. Andy isn't a sporting superstar, he holds down a 9 to 5 job and all the pressures that go with it; he isn’t blessed with speed and talent; there are no multi-million pound sponsorship deals; yet this remarkable “common man” is inspiring in a way that some of today’s sporting superstars have forgotten how to be. You wouldn’t recognise Andy in the street, yet his story provides valuable les...More
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| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching, 2nd Edition
| The ultimate global game revealed! The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Geocaching, Second Edition is a comprehensive, yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching-the high-tech version of hide-and-seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. In this edition, two new tools of the game-Waymarking and Wherigo-are included. ? The Geocaching website, which began operating in 2000 and is owned by Groundspeak, Inc., is the first and curre...More
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| SUMMER SURVIVAL COURSE HANDBOOK
| TABLE OF CONTENTS 181 PAGES CHAP. CONTENTS 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR SURVIVAL 2. SURVIVAL KIT 3. WATER PROCUREMENT 4. EXPEDIENT SHELTERS & FIRES 5. CORE VALUES & MOUNTAIN LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES 6. SIGNALING & RECOVERY 7. SURVIVAL NAVIGATION 8. SURVIVAL TRAPS & SNARES 9. SURVIVAL USES OF GAME 10. EXPEDIENT TOOLS, WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT 11. FORAGING FOR PLANTS & INSECTS FOR SURVIVAL USES 12. SURVIVAL FISHING 13. TRACKING 14. SURVIVAL MEDICINE 15. MOUNTAIN WEATHER 16. INTRO TO EVASION
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| Extreme Skiing and Psychedelic Mushrooms: The Art of Chasing Fear
| This is a short story of 8,522 words.Extreme skiing and psychedelic mushrooms don't normally go together, but after Josh agrees to join Sam and Rudy on a backcountry adventure, he quickly realizes the trek is more than he bargained for. When the guys are joined by Tess, a ski instructor and the girl of Josh's dreams, he knows he'll do anything to impress her, even losing his wits on mind-altering drugs as he seeks to ski The Edge, the longest and steepest backcountry slope he'll ever find.Extrem...More
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| The Parkour and Freerunning Handbook
| Join the movement Combining the core elements of running, jumping, and climbing with the discipline of the martial artist, the grace of the gymnast, and the virtuosity of the skateboarder, parkour—or freerunning—is more than simply an elegant noncompetitive sport. It's an art form, a philosophy promoting fitness, imagination, community spirit, and ethical, healthy living. The Parkour and FreeRunning Handbook is your guide to becoming part of this urban revolution. With standout f...More
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| Backpacking Weight Reduction Guide
| By the author of "Ultralight Backpacking Secrets," this short guide covers all the most common items used when backpacking, with several suggestions on how to reduce the weight of each. There are sixty entries in total, ranging from the heavier gear - backpacks, tents and sleeping bags - right down to small things like socks, soap, pencils and maps.Item 60 is a short section on ways to cut the weight of everything covered up to that point and everything else a backpacker might carry. It outlines...More
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| Snocross
| High school student, Shawn Riggs, wants just two things in life--to be part of the popular crowd in high school and to become the next snocross national champion racer with his snowmobile. When he heads off to the season opener in Duluth, he finds himself stuck in a situation that could wipe the chances for both right off the map. First the local football jock, Cole Ackerman, gets himself and his dad invited along, then, they stop in Winnipeg to pick up Jacqui Deville, the girl who beat him out ...More
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| Marine Corps Martial Arts, MCRP 3-02B, Survival Martial Arts
| 1. Purpose of Close Combat Close combat is the physical confrontation between two or more opponents. It involves armed and unarmed and lethal and nonlethal fighting techniques that range from enforced compliance to deadly force. The purpose of close combat is to execute armed and unarmed techniques to produce both lethal and nonlethal results. Unarmed techniques include hand-to-hand combat and defense against hand-held weapons. Armed techniques include techniques applied with a rifle, bayonet, k...More
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| Raising the Dead
| A true story of death and survival in the world's most dangerous sport, cave diving. Two friends plunge 900 ft deep into a water-filled crater in the Kalahari Desert to raise the body of a diver who had perished there a decade before. Only one returns. Unquenchable heroism and complex human relationships amid the perils of extreme sport. On New Year's Day, 2005, David Shaw travelled halfway around the world on a journey that took him to the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, to a site known local...More
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| Ghost Trails: Journeys Through a Lifetime
| Jill wasn't an athlete, at least not in the more insecure corners of her identity. What she was, was cold. And frightened. And alone in the frozen wilderness of Alaska, more than a hundred miles from the nearest outpost of civilization. As she struggled to maintain forward motion, she couldn't help but strive to piece together the reasons that brought her here in the first place, to the Iditarod Trail, with nothing more than a bicycle and a few essential pieces of gear, in February. What possess...More
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| The Ride Home (A Surf Novel) #1 International Bestseller in Suicide!
| Key words for readers in my target audience: surfing, depression, suicide, polysubstance addiction/abuse, clinical psychology, domestic violence, child abuse, self-harm, fiction. Love to all, and sample before you buy, its free!ATTENTION READERS!! THE RIDE HOME HAS BEEN EDITED (May, 2011) to celebrate its International success as of 3/11 "The Ride Home" is an International Bestseller in Suicide! Thank you UK Kindle readers!Download THE 3rd Edition of this #1 International BestSeller in two categ...More
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| MAP READING AND LAND NAVIGATION, U.S. Army, FM 3-25.26, FM 21-26, Military Manuals, Survival Ebooks
| The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Armywide reference on map reading and land navigation. This manual applies to every soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on these subjects. Part One addresses map reading and Part Two, land navigation. The appendixes include a list of exportable training materials, a matrix of land navigation tasks, an introduction to orienteer...More
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