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Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus, Dan Egan stares into the mouth of a storm on the tallest mountain on the European continent, a merciless mountain that claims more lives per year than Everest. In the belly of the beast, Egan takes stock of every moment that brought him here-the life of a Boston boy enthralled with self-determination and adventure. 
 Review \n"From humble Massachusetts hills to the jagged peaks of the Alps, from the looniness of skiing the Berlin Wall to a near-death disaster on Russia's Mount Elbrus, from the rise of hotdogging to the heights of cliff-jumping, Dan Egan has been at the forefront of the wild world of skiing. "White Haze" is a fascinating, rollicking, roller-coaster ride of a book, swinging from joy to heartbreak and back, with danger at every turn."\nMICHAEL FINKEL, 
Long-time ski journalist and New York Times best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods.\n"Rarely if ever has the ski bum life been told as authentically and honestly as in 
Thirty Years in a White Haze. Written with remarkable candor and introspection, the book is a chronicle of his nearly primal pursuit of skiing. From the tension of sibling rivalry to the realities of an athlete getting older, Dan Egan and Eric Wilbur have penned a fearless personal and cultural history of one of the most dynamic eras in skiing. Not only is it a must-read for fans of the sport--especially those whose jackets are patched with duct tape--it's a page-turning confessional of a career spent on multiple edges."\n- 
STEVE CASIMIRO, former Editor of 
Powder Magazine\n"Thirty Years in a White Haze is a new benchmark in the sports literature library... Egan's blunt, hard-won wisdom about the highs, lows, and sometimes personal costs of following your dreams provides a level of insight and humanity seldom found in the heights of the alpine world. This is a must-read account of a sport and a storied skier's intertwined history."\n- PETER KRAY, Author of American Snow and The God of Skiing \n"Dazzling! A fascinating read by one of the world's gutsiest adventurers... It's hard to tell what Dan Egan is better at--exploring the world's most fascinating and dangerous places or putting into words what his adventures mean to him and to the rest of us."\n- PATRICK CREADON, Award-Winning Filmmaker and Director, of SKI BUM: The Warren Miller Story\n"As a kid, I looked up to Dan Egan the pro skier, a pioneer of mind-blowing extreme skiing. As an adult, I looked up to Dan, the entrepreneur, turning his skiing passion into businesses. However, it wasn't until I read this book that I realized how crazy Dan's adventures actually were! If you ever dreamed of becoming a lifelong ski bum, this is your chance to make it happen without leaving your couch...These stories are told as if passed around the bar at the end of a ski day, backed by Dan's infectious sense of humor and first-hand perspective."\n- JASON LEVINTHAL, Entrepreneur and Founder of Line and J skis \nAbout the Author 
Dan Egan is a pioneer of extreme sports, world-renowned for his big mountain skiing on the international stage. He has appeared in more than a dozen Warren Miller ski films and is known for traveling to the most remote regions of the world to ski and chronicle the geopolitical landscape of the late 80s and 90s. In 2001, Powder Magazine named Dan Egan one of the most influential skiers of our time. He was inducted into the US Skiing & Snowboarding Hall of Fame in 2016. Dan Egan is also an award-winning film producer and has been nominated for three New England Emmy Awards and has won three NASJA Harold Hirsch Awards for excellence in journalism. Thirty Years in a White Haze is Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing. Eric Wilbur is a journalist who has been covering the New England sports, travel, and skiing scenes for nearly three decades. His written work has appeared in The Boston Glo

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing

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Egan, Dan

Wilbur, Eric

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"Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus in 1990, I stared into the mouth of a storm on the tallest peak on the European continent, a merciless mountain that claims more lives per year than Everest. When I emerged from the white haze of that storm alive, after so many had perished, I had no idea how this event would impact the next 30 years of my life. 
"My brother John and I-known as the Egan Brothers-could be seen on the Discovery Channel, ESPN, and were featured in twelve Warren Miller Ski Films during the 1980s and 1990s. We found our place in history as storytellers and East Coast renegades of skiing, and were inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2017. 
"Thirty Years in a White Haze is a tale of trials, success, and loss told through worldwide adventure and the evolution of extreme skiing as thirty years of haze dissipates to clarity." 
-Dan Egan

Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure  and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing

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