Catching the Sky Audiobook
Catching the Sky Audiobook
- Kirby Heyborne
- Simon & Schuster Audio
- 2016-01-19
- 8 h 34 min
Summary:
Discover the true “uplifting, exhilarating, tragic and triumphant” (The Dallas Morning News) story of the Moore brothers’ heartbreaking encounter at the Aspen Winter X Games from the person who lived it as he struggled to move on from tragedy, defeat the odds, honor his family, and win platinum.
Colten and Caleb Moore were two brothers who heeded the decision of extreme sports activities. Their dreams, paired with effort and family members sacrifice, eventually became reality. Using their dazzling athleticism, about Getting the Sky innovation, and appetite for risk, the Moore brothers became superstars over the burgeoning freestyle ATV and snowmobile circuits. If it acquired wheels or treads, they could flip it-often higher and better than anyone else-joining a music group of pioneers intent on breaking new surface and in a fresh sport before multitudes of enthusiasts at the X Games and beyond.
In this brilliant, page-turning adventure narrative, Colten Moore offers a deep and deeply moving perspective on his life and that of his older brother, who tragically dropped his life while competing in Aspen in 2013. Getting the Sky is normally a clear-eyed take a look at extreme sports, what drives people to take wild chances, and exactly how one guy, Colten, couldn’t stop even following the worst possible result. His tale reminds us that people can dream and sometimes accomplish the impossible, that we can follow our very own path, that we can eliminate everything, only to think it is again-often in probably the most unlikely place.