Higher Calling

By Max Leonard,

Book cover of Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains

Book description

Why do road cyclists go to the mountains? Many books tell you where the mountains are, or how long and how high. None of them ask 'Why?'

After all, cycling up a mountain is hard - so hard that, to many non-cyclists, it can seem absurd. But, for some, climbing…

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1 author picked Higher Calling as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I did a short promotional book tour with Max and was enthralled by his descriptions of road cycling’s obsession with the mountains.

I read his book subsequently and was equally captivated, particularly by his travels in remote areas of the southern French Alps and on Bonette-Restefond pass, the highest road pass in Europe.

From Peter's list on man’s exploration of the mountains.

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