Apparently Unharmed - Michael DiGiacomo

Apparently Unharmed

Riders of the Cresta Run
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2000
TEXERE Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-58799-004-5 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
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The speed, the people, the dangers, the passion, the sheer delight in taking on this unique challenge of the Cresta Run, and the hopes of each rider to end the run apparently unharmed all come together in this book.
The Cresta rider hurtles head-first down an ice run with a vertical drop the height of a 50-storey building. With his face two inches from the ice, on a steel toboggan without steering or braking, the rider reaches speeds of 80 miles an hour plus, before thundering through the finish line - or into a bank of ice. The St Moritz Tobogganing Club in Switzerland operates the Cresta Run, building it from scratch every year in the contours of the St Moritz valley. Club member and rider Michael DiGicomo provides a history of this legendary run, and tells the stories of the riders who come every year to test their nerves and skill and experience incredible raw speed of the Cresta Run. These riders come from all walks of life, with little in common but their shared passion for speed and danger.

Michael DiGiacomo is a member of the St Moritz Tobogganing Club and a rider of The Cresta Run. He is also an investment banker and former lawyer.

A rider's perspective; cresta run; getting started; meglothymia; top down the run; achtung! camion!; the power of tower; the death talk; the year of living dangerously; condom suits and pointy boots; race day; prizegiving; the colours and the cups; plaques of honour; Edi and the changing room; top hut Zen; getting into the dream; moldy oldies; getting there; Sankt Moritz; apres cresta; Badrutt's bet; the palace; Yogi; a sporting club; l'esprit; the president; the Hon. live president; the vicar; expenses; ladies' day; Schlitten; anatomy of a flattop; tobogan variations; starting techniques; the adventures of Arnold; gurus; top beginners; Bruon and the Kamikaze; ode to foolishness; the cresta kiss and other unpleasantries; death on the run; the shuttlecock club; shuttlecock dinners; Billy Fiske; Bond, James Bond; the world's fastest greengrocer and his ilk; sunshine's boy; the Lord Wrottesley; their duel continued; east v. west; the stars and stripes; the human firework; the stoat, and the cresta spirit; a Georges prade cup; cocktails at clinic gut; another Georges prade cup.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.12.2000
Zusatzinfo b&w photographs
Verlagsort Florence
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 354 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Ski- / Wintersport
ISBN-10 1-58799-004-0 / 1587990040
ISBN-13 978-1-58799-004-5 / 9781587990045
Zustand Neuware
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