To the Edge A Man, Death Valley and the Mystery of Endurance

This extreme sports saga, part Plimptonesque narrative, part spiritual journey, explores the limits of personal endurance as a determined journalist takes on a 135-mile Death Valley marathon.Journalist Kirk Johnson knows painmind-numbing, body-wracking pain. When his beloved older brother commits suicide, Kirk starts runningrunning to escape, running to understand, running straight into the hell of Badwater, the ultimate test of endurance equal to five consecutive marathons. From the inferno of Death Valley to the freezing summit of Mt. Whitney, alongside a group of dreamers, fanatics, and virtual running machines, Kirk will stare down his limitations and his fears on a journey inwarda journey that just might offer the redemption of his deepest and most personal loss.Johnson, Kirk is the author of 'To the Edge A Man, Death Valley and the Mystery of Endurance' with ISBN 9780446679022 and ISBN 044667902X.