Living the Life: Tales From America's Mountains & Ski Towns

by David J. Rothman

Featuring 38 true-life stories of adventure and self-discovery, adrenaline, and honesty, a former professional NCAA downhill competitor reveals the soul skier’s raison d’être: finding exhilaration, faith, grief, love, and everything that truly matters amid the gloriously tangible, tactile, break-your-leg-if-you’re-not-careful rocks, trees, and gullies of the alpine world. These essays, collected from numerous glossy ski and lifestyle journals, including Powder, Couloir, and Telemark Skier, celebrate the land of winter and the author’s roles as mountaineer, ski racer, father, and all-around life enthusiast. His stories will appeal to anyone who has ever hit the slopes and felt the adrenaline rush of perching atop a steep precipice, knowing that skiing is the physical, emotional, and spiritual place where deep truths are explored and the graceful interaction of body and terrain answers back.

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 2, 2013

Reviews

[Katelyn Wallace]

Rothman’s writing is witty, heartfelt and eloquent. He really captures the camaraderie that is at the core of the sport; that is the thing that keeps me coming back for more, time and again. Where do the mountains end?

[Patrick Todd]

I really wanted to like this book but it reminded me of some expanded edition of Powder magazine.

[Melissa]

Loved this! Well written and great storytelling