In Fifty Places to Camp Before You Die, Chris Santella illuminates the best destinations for exploring the great outdoors. The book features the world''s top spots for sleeping under the stars and enjoying a host of outdoor recreational activities that make camping such a time-honoured tradition. Featuring favorite US National Parks destinations-as well as more exotic locales in Italy, Chile, France, Botswana, Germany and more-Santella provides helpful information and tips that will appeal to novice campers and seasoned outdoorsmen alike. Interviews with camping experts and beautiful, vibrant photography bring each location to life. Fifty Places to Camp Before You Die makes camping trips more accessible with easy-to-follow advice, enthralling anecdotes and tips and plans for creating your own amazing outdoor memories.
This takes readers on a globe-trotting adventure, divulging the details that make each venue unique-and plenty of tips for those who aspire to surf there. Featuring interviews with surfing experts such as pro surfer Joel Parkinson and Billabong executive Shannan North, this is an essential travel companion for surfers of all levels who are looking to catch that perfect wave.
The author of the bestselling Fifty Places series returns with a globe-trotting guide to the best and most beautiful places to rock climb around the world Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die is a beautifully illustrated guide to some of the greatest rock-climbing locations around the world, as recommended by expert climbers. The book will cover three types of climbing-trad, sport, and bouldering-and will showcase breathtaking venues from Joshua Tree to Jeju, South Korea. Featuring insights from industry insiders, including employees from rock-climbing gear companies like Petzl and Black Diamond Equipment, professional climbers like Jon Cardwell and Kevin Jorgeson (co-star of Dawn Wall ), filmmaker Michael Call, and Climbing magazine editor Matt Samet, Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die is the essential travel companion for climbers of all levels of expertise.
Santella is a freelance writer, marketing consultant, and avid fly fisherman based in Portland, Oregon. To compile his list of 50 places, he interviewed master fly fishers--fishing writers and editors, fly-shop owners, outfitters, booking agents, professional fly tiers-- about some of their favorite fly-fishing experiences. The 50 locations are pre
Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die-the 10th book in the popular Fifty Places series-takes readers to some of the world''s most inspiring skiing/snowboarding destinations: the Chugach Mountains (Alaska); Aspen, Crested Butte, and Steamboat Springs (Colorado); Tuckerman Ravine (New Hampshire); Rusutsu (Japan); Chamonix (France); Portillo (Chile); and Whistler Blackcomb (British Columbia). Based on interviews with leading experts, the book chronicles the rich history of these sports and the people who have mastered them, including Tommy Moe, Jonny Moseley, Billy Kidd, and Greg Harms. Above all, Santella provides readers with the gorgeous scenery, the glamorous ambiance, and the always thrilling experience of visiting mountains from the Alps to the Rockies, whether it''s apres-ski in Cortina or helicopter rides into virgin Alaskan powder. Praise for Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die ''Even the reader who gets no farther than the couch can feel transported to the snow-covered peaks, mogul fields, and sparkling expanses sculpted by the book''s avalanche of quirky nuggets, insider tips, and historical perspectives . . . After writing nine other Fifty Places guides, author Chris Santella has the drill down.'' -Reuters.com ''Whether you''re an expert looking to hit the double diamond moguls or a beginner who wants a gentle slope just in case stopping is an issue, these spots have a little something for everyone.'' -The Daily Beast ''For powderhounds, Fifty Places to Ski & Snowboard Before You Die by Chris Santella ($25) looks at snow sports destinations around the world.'' -Associated Press
Identifies fifty of the best locations around the world for kayaking and rafting, including sites in Chile, Scotland, Fiji, and Texas, offering tips on getting to each spot, finding accomodations, and making the most of the experience on the water.
Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations. Takes readers on a virtual tour of the world's greatest diving venues, as recommended by professional underwater photographers, tour leaders, adventurers, and other dive industry professionals. All the world's seas are represented, from the icy waters off Antarctica to the tropics of Fiji and the South Pacific to the reefs surrounding Indonesia and Papua New Guinea - along with harrowing tales of interaction with sea animals large and small.
Golfing enthusiasts and experts describe fifty of the world's finest golf venues, from Ballyliffin in Ireland to New Zealand's Cape Kidnappers, detailing each course's noteworthy holes, location, ambiance, history, local color, and trip-planning suggestions.
Mankind has plied the waves of the ocean since the dawn of recorded time, seeking sustenance, riches and adventure. This book maps out some of the world's great sailing venues, as shared by champion racers and celebrated adventurers. The venues range from ports like Newport to the passage around Cape Horn to idyllic island retreats like Mopelia.
Part of the "Fifty Places" series that returns to the author's most popular topic, golf, this book presents interviews of 50 luminaries in the golf world about their favourite courses and experiences. It also features old Country favourites like Royal Dornoch and Machrihanish in Scotland.
- Les 50 plus beaux golfs du monde, d'après les spécialistes internationaux (joueurs de renom, architectes de parcours, entraîneurs, etc.).Du spectaculaire parcours de Ballyliffin, qui serpente le long de la côte irlandaise, à Cape Kidnappers, en Nouvelle-Zélande, perché au sommet de falaises vertigineuses, les superbes photographies de l'ouvrage restituent la magie de ces parcours rêvés.Un bref historique de chaque golf, ainsi que des remarques techniques et des conseils pratiques pour les voyageurs, fournissent au lecteur toutes les informations nécessaires à la concrétisation de leurs rêves.Un ouvrage qui séduira les passionnés de golf, joueurs avertis comme amateurs.
- Chris Santella écrit régulièrement pour le New York Times, Forbes.com, le New Yorker, Golf, Travel and Leisure.Il est également l'auteur de 6 autres titres dans la même collection chez Abrams, dont La Randonnée et La Pêche à la mouche.
The author of the bestselling Fifty Places series returns with a collection of the most meditative and relaxing locales for every type of yoga practice Fifty Places to Practice Yoga Before You Die is the seventeenth entry in Chris Santella''s bestselling Fifty Places series. The book shares yogis'' recommendations for the best and most beautiful places to do yoga as well as tips for how to plan the trip. It covers a variety of venues around the world that cater to many different classes and styles of yoga, including Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram, hot yoga, Iyengar, Restorative, and Vinyasa. The following breathtaking, diverse locales are explored throughout:
Haines, Alaska - Lake Louise, Alberta - Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica - Sedona, Arizona - Melbourne, Australia - Uluru, Australia - Austria, St. Anton - Nassau, Bahamas - Paro, Bhutan - Welgevonden Game Reserve/Tuli Reserve, Botswana - Salt Spring Island, British Columbia - Joshua Tree, California - Los Angeles, California - Ojai, California - San Francisco, California - Watsonville, California - Siem Reap, Cambodia - Torres Del Paine, Chile - Denver, Colorado - Nosara, Costa Rica - Malta, Europe - Islamorada, Florida - Lake Atilan, Guatemala - Kapaau, Hawaii - Maui, Hawaii - Goa, India - Mysore (Mysuru), India - Pune, India - Rishikesh, India - Bali, Indonesia - Val de Chio, Italy - Boston, Massachusetts - Stockbridge, Massachusetts - Tulum, Mexico - Helena, Montana - Taghazout, Morocco - Bagan, Myanmar - Pokhara, Nepal - Glenorchy, New Zealand - Popoyo, Nicaragua - Valdres, Norway - Palmer Rapids, Ontario - John Day River, Oregon - Oregon City, Oregon - The Sacred Valley, Peru - Siargao, Philippines - Olhao, Portugal - Unawatuna, Sri Lanka - Kho Phangan, Thailand - London, United Kingdom
