Publication Date: May 2006
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My Favorite Place
Great Athletes in the Great Outdoors
By Jason Paur
Photographs by Corey Rich

Everyone has a favorite place, whether its 2,000 feet off the ground or three miles out to sea. In My Favorite Place fifteen champion adventure athletes share cherished United States outdoor spots where they practice the basics, polish their technique, and most important, enjoy the simple pleasure of being outside and remembering what drew them there in the first place.

From the Vermont forest where Olympic medallist Bill Koch has been cross-country skiing for more than thirty years; to the glacier-covered volcano in the Pacific Northwest where mountaineer Ed Viesturs learned the techniques that would take him to the summit of Mount Everest; to the Florida beach where pioneering four-time world championship surfer Lisa Anderson learned to surf and returns with her eleven-year-old daughter and three-year-old son; to the Tennessee river where kayaker Eric Jackson goes with his wife and thirteen year-old daughter to practice air loops for his next river kayaking world championship, America is one long stretch of favorite places.

Heart-stopping photography, evocative text profiles of exceptional athletes and inspiring, amusing field notes from photographer Corey Rich make My Favorite Place an intimate look at the relationship between the adventurer and the landscape.

JASON PAUR is a journalist who works in both radio and print. He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and magazines such as Outside and National Geographic Adventure. He lives in Seattle

COREY RICH is an adventure sports/action photographer who has traveled the world on assignment for, among other clients, Sports Illustrated, Outside, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Anheuser-Busch, Nike, Patagonia, and The North Face. He lives in South Lake Tahoe

$35.00 Hardcover
ISBN: 0-8118-44323-8
8.5 x 10 in, 160pp, 100 color photographs

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