BRAD ALAN LEWIS

author of Assault on Lake Casitas

just published - brand new fiction...

Demon Bean

- the great coffee war of Pacific Palisades -

Lido for Time: 14:39

All my workouts from October 1983 through August ’84,

in preparation for winning a gold medal in the double sculls at the Olympic Games.

Plus elaborations, insights, explanations, and a waffle recipe

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As part of Lido for Time, two DVDs are included:

#1 - Training footage from 1977 - 1984

#2 - our three Olympic races: heats, reps and finals

An Olympic adventure story. Specifically, that adventure was chasing after an Olympic gold medal in rowing for 13 years. My event was the double scull, although to be honest I really wanted to be a single sculler. The double, it turned out, was probably a better event.

Coaching a small college crew is a major challenge - and, on occasion, a fun challenge. When that small college is UC Santa Barbara, the conditions up on Lake Cachuma dictate whether it's serious or fun. And then there's the mountain lions.

This US Olympic rowing team had dreams of winning the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Coach Mike Teti led his crew through months of seat racing, drills, erging, more erging. They were chasing a gold medal that hadn't been won by a US men's crew since 1964 - the eight-oared event.

My most unusual book to date, a modest work of fiction:

The Last Car in the Parking Lot

The hiking season is over. Weather is turning cold. Snow flurries at the higher elevations.

A backpacker is missing in the High Sierra's. She had been hiking the length of the John Muir Trail. She was last seen just beyond Muir Pass.

Two men depart Tuolemne Meadows in search of her. One of the searchers is older, about my age. The other searcher is a teenager. Except for the missing hiker, they don't have much in common.

Where does the story go? Do they find her? How does it all work out?

Take a chance. Buy the book. Give it a read. I'm hoping you'll like it. If nothing else, it'll give you a glimpse of the John Muir Trail, where I hike each summer. Maybe I'll see you on the trail next summer.

CLICK HERE to see photos from the Sierra's:

Self portrait, taken at the top of Muir Pass - the reflection in the window of the stone hut at the top of the pass.