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Chargement... The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest (2000)par Bear Grylls
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I saw many videos/documentaries on climbing Everest. Nothing comes close to this. This tale is gripping, terrifying and inspiring(not to climb Everest 😀) It's always about whether you made it or not but this book is reminder that journey is more important, you need mental endurance more than anything. After reading this book, I admire climbers who made brave decision to turn back, and survived, when it was suicidal to continue. My fascination, and respect for mountains grows further. ( ) I have read several personal accounts of Everest climbs and Bear Grylls' (yes, the one from Man Vs. Wild) is one of the most thought provoking and personal. The story begins with Bear having a near fatal parachuting accident while in the British Army and being literally on bed-rest for several months. Surviving this incident stirs something in his being and the quest for the summit of Everest begins. After figuring out the logistics and funding for this endeavor, Bear and a friend from the Army embark for The Himalayas. Bear starts this story as a young 23-year old with ambitions taller than his age and an ego to match, but he is quickly humbled by the deadly majesty of Everest. It becomes clear to him very fast that he will summit Everest only if Everest will allow it. A very exciting story about Bear Gyllis's trek up the intimidating Mt. Everest to become the youngest Briton ever to reach its summit. The fast paced narrative kept me turning pages like crazy, and even though I knew that he ultimately reached the summit (it's in the title!), I still felt compelled to keep reading because the journey was so exciting. I'm amazed by people with the will and fortitude to endure what seems to be three months of pure torture to achieve this goal. I agree with reviewer Tselja that the religious references became intrusive at times although they did not overwhelm or detract from the story. Clearly Gryllis's faith is important to him. Great way for armchair adventurers to make it to the top of the world. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In 1996, a twenty-three-year-old soldier in the British Army was flying over an African desert on a routine parachute jump. He had a lot to look forward to-a long career ahead of him in the army, a beautiful girlfriend back home. But those dreams were cut short when his parachute failed to open at eleven thousand feet. He had cracked three vertebrae and come within a fraction of severing his spinal cord. A grueling eight months of physical therapy followed. Bear had to retrain his muscles to do all of the things we take for granted-how to sit, stand, walk, even breathe. Eighteen months after his accident he overcame incredible odds to reach the peak of Everest. THE KID WHO CLIMBED EVEREST is a tale of courage and determination. Bear's quest for funding for his expedition, his seventy days on Everest's southeast face, and a narrow brush with death after a fall into a crevasse at nineteen thousand feet, make the story an essential read for anyone who's ever had a dream and made it come true. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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