Over the Edge: an Odyssey in Extreme Sports: A Regular Guy's Odyssey in Extreme Sports

by M . Bane (Author), Michael Bane (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $6.56

  Michael Bane was just a average guy : overweight, over forty, afraid of heights and unable to swim. Then one morning a 55mph wind hit his windsurfing board, and his taste for adventure was born. Later that day he made a list of 13 impossible things that he would like to try: windsurfing big air; the Kamikaze Downhill bike race; Escape from Alcatraz (a triathlon); whitewater off a waterfall; rock climb; cave dive; ice climb; skydive; a skate marathon; dive really deep; Badwater Death Valley run; Iditarod Bike Race (Alaska); and climb the mountain, Denali. How he achieved these feats provides an insight into the world of extreme sports.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.28

  Michael Bane, a self-confessed couch potato, decided to push himself to the limit by making a list of 13 of the world's most dangerous athletic pursuits, and then doing them. Included in his list were a Death Valley marathon and an Escape from Alcatraz triathlon.