What if people use their bodies just the way they plant their gardens--as a way of building paradise with what they have? Well, they become fat runners, cave explorers, surfing housewives, technical tree climbers and other unlikely athletes. While writing this, I became one myself.
"You won't break a sweat reading this fun, funny and fast-paced ride through the weird world of sports. As an athlete, Robin Chotzinoff bravely embraces her own medioctiry, but when it comes to writing she's a champ."
-Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic
"There are so many images that come to mind after reading the connected tales that comprise People Who Sweat: the Apple Dumpling Gang snowboarding down Mt. McKinley...the Seven Dwarfs sumu wrestling...and the yearning of baby boomers trying to make one more run down the mountain, to catch one last wave, to break one final sweat."
-Baxter Black, author of Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy