[PDF] Four Desert Challenge eBook

Author : Luke Hanlon
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 13,31 MB
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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By itself, any of the 4 Deserts races would be one of the longest ultramarathons in the world. Put together, the four events make up a series that challenges even the most elite long-distance competitors. This title introduces readers to these events, which take place throughout the year in South America, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a map, a glossary, and an index. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Rob Alcraft
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Endurance sports
ISBN : 9780008127817

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Find out all about one of the worlds' toughest running challenges, as racers compete for 28 days covering a distance of over 1,000 kilometers in some of the wildest and loneliest places on Earth, in the ultimate endurance event. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

Author : Ryan Sandes
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 177022906X

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What does it take to run a six-day race through the world’s harshest deserts? Or 100 miles in a single day at altitudes that would leave you breathless just walking? More than that, though: what is it like to win these races? South Africa’s ultra-trail-running superstar Ryan Sandes has done just that. Since bursting onto the international trail-running scene by winning the first multistage race he ever entered – the brutal Gobi March – Ryan has gone on to win various other multistage and single-day races around the globe. Written with bestselling author and journalist Steve Smith, Trail Blazer – My Life as an Ultra-distance Trail Runner recounts the life story of this intrepid sportsman, from his experiences as a rudderless party animal to becoming a world-class athlete, and includes details on his training regimes, race strategies and aspirations for future sporting endeavours. Sports enthusiasts will enjoy the adrenaline-inducing trials and tribulations of one of South Africa’s most awe-inspiring athletes, while endurance-sport participants – from beginners to aspirant pros – will benefit from his insights and advice. As Professor Tim Noakes says in the Foreword to this book: ‘However much we might think we know and understand, there are some phenomena which now, and perhaps forever, we will never fully comprehend. We call such happenings “enigmas”. Or even miracles. Ryan Sandes is one such.’

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1605292796

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An influential ultra-marathoner shares the stories of his athletic achievements in some of the world's most exotic and inhospitable regions, where he pushed the limits of human endurance in profound and humorous ways. 40,000 first printing.

Author : Charles Weller
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1647791472

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World War II and Nevada is an in-depth examination of the state’s role in the war. Nevada’s geographic location, land, sky, mineral resources, and the sacrifices of its people were crucial to victory—and transformed the state. The war brought the first significant development of the gaming industry; the introduction of a huge, permanent military presence; the diversification of its population; and a shift in political and economic power within the region. Nevada’s previously unexamined role in the internment of Japanese Americans is explored, and so too is the role of women and minority groups in support of the war. The book concludes with a comprehensive list of those killed, wounded, or made prisoners of war during the conflict. Weller provides the most thorough analysis of Nevada’s war effort to date and historians will find the book a valuable addition to their World War II history collections.

Author : Bradley Luce
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 2005-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0595362206

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When ten-year-old Daiter Popski moves into a new house in Nevada with his family, he can't wait to see his bedroom. To his surprise, his bedroom walls are already painted with beautifully colored pictures of a giant forest, a sandy desert, a sparkling ocean, and an erupting volcano. When his father unknowingly gives him a special magic stone, the walls come to life, allowing Daiter to travel into new worlds and meet incredible creatures. Unfortunately, by opening the doorway to these new worlds, Daiter releases Bullen Gongo, an evil tribal sorcerer who is determined to steal the five magic stones that give life to each world. It's a race against time as Daiter and the friends he meets along the way-Nickel, Zardo, Bullf, and others-attempt to protect the magic stones and use them to capture Bullen Gongo. But can they stop Bullen before he becomes too powerful and destroys all the worlds, including Daiter's?

Author : David Michael Stavens
Publisher : Stanford University
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 2011
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ISBN :

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Every year, 1.2 million people die in automobile accidents and up to 50 million are injured. Many of these deaths are due to driver error and other preventable causes. Autonomous or highly aware cars have the potential to positively impact tens of millions of people. Building an autonomous car is not easy. Although the absolute number of traffic fatalities is tragically large, the failure rate of human driving is actually very small. A human driver makes a fatal mistake once in about 88 million miles. As a co-founding member of the Stanford Racing Team, we have built several relevant prototypes of autonomous cars. These include Stanley, the winner of the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and Junior, the car that took second place in the 2007 Urban Challenge. These prototypes demonstrate that autonomous vehicles can be successful in challenging environments. Nevertheless, reliable, cost-effective perception under uncertainty is a major challenge to the deployment of robotic cars in practice. This dissertation presents selected perception technologies for autonomous driving in the context of Stanford's autonomous cars. We consider speed selection in response to terrain conditions, smooth road finding, improved visual feature optimization, and cost effective car detection. Our work does not rely on manual engineering or even supervised machine learning. Rather, the car learns on its own, training itself without human teaching or labeling. We show this "self-supervised" learning often meets or exceeds traditional methods. Furthermore, we feel self-supervised learning is the only approach with the potential to provide the very low failure rates necessary to improve on human driving performance.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 2006-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1440684936

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In one of his most ambitious physical efforts to date, Dean Karnazes attempted to run 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 days to raise awareness of youth obesity and urge Americans of all fitness levels to "take that next step." "UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons - 50 States - 50 Days", a Journeyfilm documentary, follows Dean’s incredible step-by-step journey across the country. Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles-the equivalent of ten marathons-without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, and to the South Pole-and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight, candor, and humor rarely seen in sports memoirs (and written without the aid of a ghostwriter or cowriter), Ultramarathon Man has inspired tens of thousands of people-nonrunners and runners alike-to push themselves beyond their comfort zones and be reminded of "what it feels like to be truly alive," says Sam Fussell, author of Muscle. Ultramarathon Man answers the questions Karnazes is continually asked: - Why do you do it? - How do you do it? - Are you insane? And in the new paperback edition, Karnazes answers the two questions he was most asked on his book tour: - What, exactly, do you eat? - How do you train to stay in such good shape?

Author : Helen Summer
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1782199233

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This title looks at 60 of the most extreme ultra marathons, triathlons, bike rides and other iconic events across the globe