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Men’s Tank Top : Minty Fresh - Christmas Skiing Penguin
MENS (UNISEX) TANK TOP - Minty Fresh - Christmas Skiing Penguin

Printed with main design on the front. Back is blank.

Approximate Design Size: 5-1/4″ x 8″

Available in your choice of sizes small, medium, large, xl and xxl. You select shirt color.

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Brunton Eclipse Adventure Racing Compass The Adventure Racing Compass from Brunton is the first compass built specifically for adventure racers The patented circle-over-circle system gives this compass Eclipse status, and the UTM roamer scales take this tool to the next level Features: A global needle makes this compass a world traveler and an extra-thick baseplate ensures strength on the course This compass includes a latitude, longitude and UTM template for those critical details and is the perfect companion for a GPS Wrist lanyard Lifetime warranty Specifications: Weight: 17 ounces Dimensions: 5 x 3 x 05 inches
Customer Review: Good all around compass
I purchased this compass because I like the way Brunton uses the circle in a circle method to align the compass and because it has built in scales for UTM grids. This is a good compass to use if you are using paper maps with a GPS. The scales work on 1:24k Topo maps available from the USGS as well as military 1:50k maps. The built in ruler is reversible for English or metric measurement. It also is adjustable for declination. A separate ruler/scale is included to allow you to determine Lat/Long on maps as well. This is a good general purpose compass for someone who wants to be able to work with Topo maps and a GPS.

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Bode Miller (skiing) autographed 2006 Winter Olympics USPS First Day Cover
2006 Winter Olympics United States Postal Service First Day Cover autographed by American superstar alpine skier Bode Miller. ONLY ONE LEFT.

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Performance Rock Climbing NULL
Customer Review: Climber’s Training Bible
I bought this book about five years ago and have used it extensively. If you are looking for a book on how to climb, this is not the book. If, however, you are looking for a book that will maximize your physical performance and prevent injury, this is the book for you. Packed with hundreds of pages of insightful text, detailed photos and illustrations, and illuminating charts and tables, this book takes twenty-first century sports medicine and science and condenses it into a practical format for the modern climber. I highly recommend this book.
Customer Review: Easy to understand book giving the why and providing the how
I thoroughly enjoyed the blend of pure science and application to on rock performance.

The authors are world renowned climbers with a clear enthusiasm for the sport and lucid understanding of it’s foundations.

Succinctly, the authors view performance climbing as a harmonious blend of physical and psychological factors, the former subdivided into co-ordination ( technique ),balance, endurance, strength and flexibility.

The book is premised on the concept of the weak link which determines the greatest hinderance to climbing.

For example a body builder who climbs should not work on strength but rather flexibility and technique.
Similarly, a ballerina should not work on balance and flexibility but rather strength and technique.

The key to pushing the grades is to identify your weakest link and train to improve it.

The book is replete with training regimens, exercises, and techniques which address each area stated above.

The single best strategy implicit in the book is to identify when you reach a plateau and to realize that you are now training incorrectly. You should now strive to identify what is now your weakest link and train it. This cycle should continue as long as climb and wish to improve.

A four grade improvement is possible and should be expected within 3 months of adapting your current climbing strategy to this book.

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