The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain

The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain
Title The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain PDF eBook
Author Rick Crandall
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 240
Release 2019-10-08
Genre Pets
ISBN 0757322697

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The uplifting story of two unlikely mountaineers: a man in late middle age and a fearless pint-sized pup who, together, scale Colorado's highest peaks. By the time life had finished hitting Rick Crandall from all sides, he was at the lowest point of his life, both personally and professionally. Depressed to find himself facing a mid-late-life age crisis and watching his finances crumble as the tech industry bubble burst, he hopes his future isn't headed downhill. It was at this critical juncture in their new marriage that his wife Pamela made an astute and life-changing suggestion: "Let's get a dog." So begins the story of Emme, a 200-pound Saint Bernard trapped in the body of 5-pound Australian terrier puppy. Soon, Emme and Rick hit the hiking trails around Aspen, Colorado. While she is groomed to be a show dog, it's soon obvious that her heart is in the hills and with Rick, who decides to add more challenging hikes to the mix. Before long, they are scaling Colorado's "fourteeners," peaks with altitudes of over 14,000 feet. On one magical day, Emme climbs to the top of four "fourteeners," a quarter of the sixteen such peaks she will complete during her life without once being carried on a trail or on the rocks on the way to a summit. In mountaineering Rick realizes he has found—in his late sixties—his life's new passion. This is where Emme has led him—out of the abyss and to the top of the mountain. She was never really walking behind: she was nudging him along until he found his stride. Even after Rick understood the glory of climbing, it was Emme still doing the leading, until Rick learned how to lead himself.

Colorado Mountain Dogs

Colorado Mountain Dogs
Title Colorado Mountain Dogs PDF eBook
Author M. John Fayhee
Publisher Graphic Arts Books
Pages 283
Release 2014-06-04
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0871083159

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There is no luckier dog than one that is frolicking in the Colorado High Country. Whether skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, mountain biking, on the river, or on a lofty summit, dogs in the Colorado mountains are the happiest creatures on the planet. Colorado Mountain Dogs captures the joy and rapture of canines and their human companions as they frolic on trails, in camp and in creeks, from the San Juans to the Front Range, from Steamboat Springs along the Continental Divide to the Sawatch and Sangre de Cristos. Whether you are a visitor or a longtime resident, Colorado Mountain Dogs gives you a dogs-eye view of the backcountry, the ski slopes, and the resort towns of Americas most-altitudinous state. With more than 150 photographs and sidebars on how to photograph dogs, reasons why people have dogs, and the naming of dogs.

Mountain Dog

Mountain Dog
Title Mountain Dog PDF eBook
Author Margarita Engle
Publisher Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Pages 225
Release 2013-08-13
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0805098933

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When Tony's mother is sent to jail, he is sent to stay with a great uncle he has never met in Sierra Nevada. It is a daunting move—Tony's new world bears no semblance to his previous one. But slowly, against a remote and remarkable backdrop, the scars from Tony's troubled past begin to heal. With his Tió and a search-and-rescue dog named Gabe by his side, he learns how to track wild animals, is welcomed to the Cowboy Church, and makes new friends at the Mountain School. Most importantly though, it is through Gabe that Tony discovers unconditional love for the first time, in Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013

Our Wild Tails

Our Wild Tails
Title Our Wild Tails PDF eBook
Author Cynthia Bennett
Publisher Gibbs Smith
Pages 144
Release 2021-02-12
Genre Photography
ISBN 1423654064

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Travel and pet photography come together in this coffee table book about an unusually close dog and cat pair on hiking adventures with their pet parents. Henry and Baloo are a real-life dog/cat sibling pair, based in Colorado, whose unconventional friendship has won the hearts of humans worldwide. Whether they’re scaling mountains or cozying down in a tent, these two are never far from each other’s side and always ready for their next trek. Wanting to share their explorations with friends and family, photographer and the pair’s proud owner, Cynthia Bennett, began capturing Henry and Baloo on their outdoor adventures?with vivid colors and stunning backdrops surrounding them in every shot. Now never-before-seen photos and untold stories are compiled in a book for fans to enjoy. More than beautiful photography and a sweet story, Our Wild Tails champions friendship in the most unlikely of places and proves to readers that love is universal. Winner of the Reading The West Book Award for illustrated nonfiction

A Snow Day for Hannah

A Snow Day for Hannah
Title A Snow Day for Hannah PDF eBook
Author Linda Petrie Bunch
Publisher Mountain Dog Books
Pages 24
Release 2011-10
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9780977778119

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Hannah, a Bernese mountain dog, enjoys herself in the snow as she goes sledding, builds a snowman, and makes a snow angel.

Climbing Colorado's 14ers with Sawyer

Climbing Colorado's 14ers with Sawyer
Title Climbing Colorado's 14ers with Sawyer PDF eBook
Author Joshua Aho
Publisher
Pages 352
Release 2015-09-01
Genre
ISBN 9780692448588

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Climbing Colorado's 14ers With Sawyer chronicles the eleven year quest that a golden retriever named Sawyer, and his owner Josh, set out on in attempts to become the second dog/man team in history to climb all of Colorado's fourteen thousand-foot peaks.

World on a String

World on a String
Title World on a String PDF eBook
Author John Pizzarelli
Publisher Wiley
Pages 304
Release 2012-10-30
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781118062975

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Behind the scenes in the life of a musician—an exuberant, entertaining memoir from jazz guitarist, singer, and raconteur John Pizzarelli John Pizzarelli, the son of jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, is a connoisseur of American song who grew up among the legends of jazz. From teenage explorations of rock music to life on the road with his father, he worked his way from gigs in tiny clubs to opening for Frank Sinatra during his final international tour. Now Pizzarelli performs in festivals and top venues across the United States and the world, and he shares his unique journey in this revealing, charming, and heartwarming memoir. Includes firsthand stories of famous jazz greats and popular music icons including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Benny Goodman, Joe Pass, James Taylor, and Paul McCartney Reveals what it was like to grow up among great musicians and storytellers and shares the day-to-day experiences of a touring musician's life Includes thirty-five terrific photographs that take you inside John Pizzarelli's life and music Part of the Wiley-Lincoln Center alliance Absorbing, upbeat, funny, and down to earth, World on a String is an irresistible celebration of music and life that will appeal to John Pizzarelli's large and growing following.