The Adrenaline Junkie's Bucket List: 100 Extreme Outdoor Adventures to Do Before You Die

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, Jul 16, 2013 - Sports & Recreation - 288 pages

The Adrenaline Junkie's Bucket List provides a heart-stopping and essential guide to the best extreme outdoor adventures on every continent.

Imagine kayaking the churning whitewater of Africa's wild and wet Zambezi River. Getting barreled in a wave surfing Fiji's legendary Cloudbreak reef. Trekking New Zealand's famed Milford Track through the lush, green fiords.

This book is the ultimate guide for the outdoor and sports enthusiasts seeking out the world's most fantastic adventures. It runs the gamut of water, mountain and hiking sports for all skill levels—from beginners to experts. Written by a veteran outdoor adventure expert, author and wilderness physician Christopher Van Tilburg, it presents readers with one hundred amazing and challenging voyages all over the world. Organized by continent, the book offers fifteen to twenty-five trips of a wide variety in each section, and also covers local lore and history, hotel and restaurant recommendations, and other relevant services. Sidebars throughout contain practical advice for the adventure travel enthusiast on health, safety, and outdoor life.

This is the perfect book for extreme athletes and armchair travelers looking for an adventurous read.

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About the author (2013)

CHRISTOPHER VAN TILBURG is the editor-in-chief of Wilderness Medicine. He also writes for National Geographic Adventure, Backcountry, Portland Monthly, and Outside Magazine's blog. He has written a dozen outdoor books, including Mountain Rescue Doctor which was shortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award. Van Tilburg is also a doctor specializing in wilderness and travel medicine.

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