The Longest Run
How a Colorado ski bum skied every day for more than eight years.
Rainer Hertrich is...
"The Ultimate Ski Bum" - Associated Press
"The World's Greatest Ski Bum" - Rocky Mountain News
"What Rainer did was monumental. That's about the only word that really does it justice. Anyone who's passionate about what they do will appreciate this book. It was so interesting, I couldn't put it down ; I just wanted to keep reading" - CJ Mueller, member of the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
Rainer Hertrich is a skier and snowcat driver at Copper Mountain, Colorado, where he has lived for 33 years. He was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, and grew up in Estes Park, Colorado, at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. From 2003 to 2012, he skied every day for 2,993 consecutive days, beating the longest streak on record by more than seven years.
