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IPG Spring 2020 Snow & Mountain Titles Snow & Mountain Titles Spring 2020 {IPG} High Drama The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of American Competition Climbing John Burgman, Kynan Waggoner Summary One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable climbing wall. But what they were part of was a greater development: the expansion and reimagining of a sport now slated for a highly anticipated Olympic debut in 2020. Triumph Books High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to 9781629377759 a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Pub Date: 3/3/20 Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business- On Sale Date: 3/3/20 $19.95 USD minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes. Discount Code: LON Trade Paperback Contributor Bio John Burgman has been reporting on competition climbing for the better part of a decade. He writes 400 Pages Carton Qty: 24 regularly for Climbing and Climbing Business Journal . He is a Fulbright grant recipient and the author of two Sports & Recreation / previous books, Why We Climb: A Dirtbag’s Quest for Vertical Reason and Island Solitaire . Mountaineering Kynan Waggoner is the former CEO of USA Climbing, the national governing body of the sport of SPO029000 competition climbing in the United States. 8.5 in H | 5.5 in W Mind Over Mountain A Mental and Physical Climb to the Top Robby Kojetin A simple mistake at an indoor climbing gym sentenced 28-year-old Robby to a year in a wheelchair, shattering his aspirations of becoming a mountaineer and leaving him to face depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Can he summon up the strength to embark on a remarkable feat of mental and physica... Summary Mind Over Mountain is a journey from the seat of a wheelchair to the summit of the highest mountain on Earth. A simple mistake at an indoor climbing gym sentenced 28-year-old Robby to a year in a wheelchair, shattering his aspirations of becoming a mountaineer. In the months that followed, Robby faced depression, Trigger Publishing 9781789561050 anxiety, suicidal thoughts and a complete loss of a sense of his own identity. But from somewhere deep inside Pub Date: 5/1/20 him he summoned up the strength to keep going even when all seemed lost, and from there he went on to On Sale Date: 5/1/20 embark on a journey that would become a remarkable feat of mental and physical strength. This story is $16.95 USD/$16.95 CAD/£9.99 GBP more than a biography or an account of a mountaineering expedition—it's a trip into hell and back, an Discount Code: LON awe-inspiring effort to chase the ultimate dream and rebuild a life worth living for. Trade Paperback 200 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 1 Robby Kojetin is a speaker on topics including depression, suicide anxiety, self care, recovery, and success. Biography & Autobiography He has visited 34 countries, climbed five of the Seven Summits including Mount Everest and 10 summits of / Adventurers & Explorers Kilimanjaro, set foot on six of the seven continents, swam in the Amazon, descended the deepest mine on BIO023000 Returnable: Y Earth, and crossed the Ironman finish line. 7.8 in H | 5.1 in W | 0.8 in T | 0.6 lb Wt IPG Spring 2020 Snow and Mountain Titles - January 2020 Page 1 {IPG} Polar Animals (Animal Planet Animal Bites) Animal Planet Everything younger readers ages 4-8 want to know about their absolute favorite animals living in both polar climates, presented habitat by habitat. Summary With more than 200 gorgeous animal photos of penguins, polar bears, sea lions, walruses, reindeer and others, Animal Planet Polar Animals is a fun, habitat-by-habitat guide that provides kids in the first years of schooling with the perfect bite-sized view of their favorite animals living in both polar climates. Arranged thematically with focus on animal behavior and family relationships, young readers will explore sections about Animal Planet animal bodies, baby animals, food, play time, conservation, and more. Special book features designed for this 9781618931610 Pub Date: 3/1/16 age group include Quick Bites sidebars with cool animal facts, simple infographics, and illustrated maps of the On Sale Date: 3/1/16 coldest places on Earth. $12.95 USD/$14.95 CAD Discount Code: LON For more Animal Bites books, check out Animal Planet Ocean Animals ! Trade Paperback 80 Pages A portion of the proceeds will benefit Animal Planet's R.O.A.R. (Reach Out. Act. Respond.) project which Carton Qty: 30 Ages 0 to 3 partners with leading animal organization to make the world a better place for domestic and wild animals. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals Contributor Bio JNF003000 The leading media brand for all things animal, Animal Planet delivers engaging, insightful and high-quality Series: Animal Bites entertainment to families worldwide. Launched in 1997, Animal Planet today has a unique global reach. It is 11.3 in H | 8.3 in W | 0.5 in broadcast in more than 95 households and 165 other countries, in 24 languages. Animal Planet books and T programming capture the innate drama and compelling characters of the animal kingdom, from the natural world to domestic pets. Also Available Baby Animals (Animal Planet Animal Bites) - Trade Paperback - 3/7/2017 $12.95 9781618931788 Animals on the Move (Animal Planet Animal Bites) - Trade Paperback - 3/7/2017 $12.95 9781618931795 Farm Animals (Animal Planet Animal Bites) - Trade Paperback - 6/21/2016 $12.95 9781618934130 Wild Animals (Animal Planet Animal Bites) - Trade Paperback - 6/21/2016 $12.95 9781618934147 Ocean Animals (Animal Planet Animal Bites) - Trade Paperback - 3/1/2016 $12.95 9781618931627 Drop In! A Snowboarding Life Billy Morgan, Mark Turley Summary Snowboarding maverick Billy Morgan has dedicated his life to redefining what is possible. With two world firsts to his name, he is also the first British male to win an Olympic medal on snow. Emerging from working-class origins in Southampton, Morgan came late to the traditionally bourgeois world of snowsports. Driven by a latent love for fun, he reaches far beyond the cliches of stoner kids and street slang to explore the courage required at his sport's highest levels. Morgan's specialist event, Big Air, involves flying off a 50-meter ramp at 70 miles per hour, spinning and twisting while airborne, then landing. Even within the death-defying world of adventure sports, it is one of the most dangerous disciplines imaginable. In this groundbreaking Pitch Publishing autobiography, Morgan outlines the culture, ethos, and philosophy of his sport. A sport in which one wrong 9781785315428 move can cause life-changing injury. A sport whose party-animal practitioners feel peculiarly attuned with Pub Date: 3/1/20 On Sale Date: 3/1/20 nature. Stomped! is a testament to human potential. $29.95 USD/£19.99 GBP Discount Code: LON Hardcover 288 Pages Colour picture plate section Carton Qty: 0 Biography & Autobiography / Sports BIO016000 9.5 in H | 6.5 in W IPG Spring 2020 Snow and Mountain Titles - January 2020 Page 2 {IPG} Grandma Gatewood's Walk The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Ben Montgomery Summary 2014 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in History / Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, sixty- seven-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. By September 1955 she stood atop Maine’s Mount Katahdin, sang “America, the Beautiful,” and proclaimed, “I said I’ll do it, and I’ve done it.” Chicago Review Press 9781613734995 Driven by a painful marriage, Grandma Gatewood not only hiked the trail alone, she was the first Pub Date: 4/1/16 Ship Date: 4/1/16 person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times. At age seventy-one, she hiked the 2,000-mile $17.99 USD/$21.99 CAD Oregon Trail. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity, and appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter. Discount Code: LON The public attention she brought to the trail was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult Trade Paperback stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. 288 Pages Carton Qty: 28 Author Ben Montgomery interviewed surviving family members and hikers Gatewood met along ... Sports & Recreation / Hiking SPO018000 Contributor Bio 9 in H | 6 in W | 0.9 in T | Ben Montgomery is a staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times and cofounder of the Auburn Chautauqua, a 0.9 lb Wt Southern writers’ collective. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has won many other national writing awards. He lives in Florida. Colorado's Thirteeners (2nd Edition) From Hikes to Climbs Gerry Roach, Jennifer Roach Summary Although climbing Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks has become increasingly popular in recent years for both state natives and visitors, many of the best climbs in the state are actually 13,000-foot peaks. With an even mix of hikes, scrambles, and climbs, as well as an average of almost four routes per peak, there is something for everyone in Colorado’s Thirteeners.
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