Adam Skolnick has written for the New York Times, Outside, ESPN.com, BBC.com, Salon.com, Men's Health, Wired, and Travel + Leisure, among others. As an international journalist, he has visited 45 countries and authored or co-authored 25 Lonely Planet guidebooks.
This is a powerful story about a dangerous, beautiful sport and an
unforgettable young man. Skolnick tells his tale with passion and
affection for his subject, but also with an admirable journalistic
integrity. In the process, he takes us to distant worlds -
underwater universes most of us will never know - where humans are
challenged to the utmost limits of being.
*Elizabeth Gilbert, author of EAT PRAY LOVE*
Exhilarating and pungent ... Skolnick is an American sports and
travel journalist, and One Breath could stand comfortably alongside
classics of extreme-sports journalism such as Jon Krakauer's Into
Thin Air.
*Sunday Times*
This headrush of an account isn't simply about Mevoli's life and
death; it is also about the limits of human experience. It is
halfway between an edge-of-your-seat thriller and a tragedy ... You
don't have to be an adrenaline enthusiast to appreciate the
menacing drama of his account.
*The Times*
Outstanding
*Birmingham Post*
This is an outstanding book which offers an insight into what
drives people to extreme sports
*Press Association, Sports Book of the Month*
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