Resultados para "Salt" en Deportes y aire libre

Charlotte Runcie has always felt pulled to the sea, lured by its soothing, calming qualities but also enlivened and inspired by its salty wildness. When she loses her beloved grandmother and becomes pregnant with her first child, she feels its pull even more intensely. In Salt on Your Tongue Charlotte explores what the sea means to us and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages.

Un bambino selvatico e sgraziato, che preferisce la solitudine e l'amicizia degli animali a quella dei coetanei. Un rapporto privilegiato con il nonno, suo maestro e complice, e un profondo legame con il bosco, unico luogo di libertà e armonia. Una "vita spericolata" fin dall'infanzia e dall'adolescenza, sempre alla spasmodica ricerca di un confine da superare, di una regola da infrangere. Questo è Vanni, e questo il suo grande sogno: saltare l'ostacolo, colmare il vuoto insopportabile che è dentro ognuno di noi.

The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

Sono pochi quelli che oltre a vincere la medaglia con il record fanno anche la Storia dell'atletica. Uno di questi è stato Robert "Bob" Beamon che il 18 ottobre 1968 alle Olimpiadi di Città del Messico letteralmente decolla dalla pedana del salto in lungo e atterra dopo 8 metri e 90 centimetri. Batte il record precedente di 55 centimetri. Mai nessuno prima di lui era riuscito e dopo di lui riuscì a migliorare il record del lungo così tanto. Il suo record resisterà imbattuto per 23 anni.

Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency. "Resilience thinking" offers a different way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural systems as complex entities continually adapting through cycles of change.

Seguro que alguno de vosotros recuerda los recreos en el patio de la escuela primaria cuando piensa en saltar a la comba. Y seguro que ahora sonríes al recordarlo. Era un pasatiempo de niño, era divertido y era literalmente un juego de niños. ¿Sigue siendo así hoy en día? ¿Quién iba a pensar que "saltar a la comba" se convertiría en un deporte reconocido en el que ahora se celebran incluso competiciones internacionales? Lo que se ha extendido del extranjero a Europa como una tendencia, también está conquistando el entusiasmo a nuestras puertas en todos los grupos de edad y grupos deportivos.

Patrick Dixon spent years working as a doctor at University College Hospital, while his wife, Sheila, was a magistrate - high-pressure careers that demanded long hours away from their home, family and passion for sailing. It is a frustrating story many occasional sailors can relate to, but unlike most, Patrick and Sheila realised early enough that they could only bend so far before something snapped; they could only take on so much before they drowned.

Mark Seth Lender’s home is on the edge of a salt marsh. From his front porch and back yard he is witness to an astonishing array of wildlife, but nothing he sees is more beautiful and inspiring than the birds that fill the air, perch on trees and wade in shallow water. His reports on the sighting of birds like great horned owls, little blue herons and snowy egrets are featured in the segment "Salt Marsh Diary" heard on NPR’s Living on Earth. For the first time, he has chronicled the marsh’s life in a book penned from his perch.

There is the Cornwall Lamorna Ash knew as a child – the idyllic, folklore-rich place where she spent her summer holidays. Then there is the Cornwall she discovers when, feeling increasingly dislocated in London, she moves to Newlyn, a fishing town near Land’s End. This Cornwall is messier and harder; it doesn’t seem like a place that would welcome strangers. Before long, however, Lamorna finds herself on a week-long trawler trip with a crew of local fishermen, afforded a rare glimpse into their world, their warmth and their humour.

Vernon Rand is a charismatic figure whose great love - whose life, in fact - is climbing. He lives alone in California, where he combats the drudgery of a roofing job with the thrill of climbing in the nearby mountain ranges. Sure of only his talent and nerve, Rand decides to test himself in the French Alps, with their true mountaineering and famed, fearsome peaks. He soon learns that the most perilous moments are, for him, the moments when he feels truly alive.

L'uno o l'altro di voi ricorderà sicuramente le pause scolastiche nel cortile della scuola elementare, quando penserà al salto della corda. E sicuramente ora ne sta sorridendo. Era un passatempo da bambino, era divertente e letteralmente un gioco da ragazzi. È ancora così oggi? Chi avrebbe mai pensato che il "salto della corda" sarebbe diventato uno sport riconosciuto, in cui oggi si svolgono anche competizioni internazionali? Ciò che dall'estero si è diffuso in Europa come tendenza, sta conquistando l'entusiasmo anche da noi, in tutte le fasce d'età e in tutti i gruppi sportivi.

Wild camping is on course to be more popular than ever before, as many individuals, groups, and families will venture out to spend time away to enjoy the fresh air and nature. We want to show you how to camp safely and securely and to leave your campsite just as you found it, if not better. Take in new experiences to satisfy your physical and spiritual self and enjoy the relative freedom to choose a camping location that suits your needs.

In his darkest depression, one idea brought Christian Lewis out of the depths - and into a new life. Finding Hildasay, read by the author, is a brutal and beautiful true story of depression, survival, walking, and the meaning of home. ‘Now I was finally out of the force of the wind, my body...

A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road trip full of surprises. Earthquakes. You...