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Author: Phil Ershler Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0446194409 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 215
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On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered Fortune 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who was the first American to summit Everest from its treacherous north face, had climbed his whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic, debilitating illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their final summit, Phil was diagnosed with colon cancer, and the resulting surgeries and complications were expected to end his career. This is Susan and Phil's story: a tale of love set in the mountains, a story of triumphal highs and devastating lows in quest of a seemingly impossible dream.
Author: Phil Ershler Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0446194409 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 215
Book Description
On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered Fortune 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who was the first American to summit Everest from its treacherous north face, had climbed his whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic, debilitating illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their final summit, Phil was diagnosed with colon cancer, and the resulting surgeries and complications were expected to end his career. This is Susan and Phil's story: a tale of love set in the mountains, a story of triumphal highs and devastating lows in quest of a seemingly impossible dream.
Author: Erik Weihenmayer Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780452282940 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 364
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The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment-and by a seeing world. He speaks movingly of the role his family played in his battle to break through the barriers of blindness: the mother who prayed for the miracle that would restore her son's sight and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air
Author: Steve Jenkins Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547349564 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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In this stunning picture book, Steve Jenkins takes us to Mount Everest - exploring its history, geography, climate, and culture. This unique book takes readers on the ultimate adventure of climbing the great mountain. Travel along and learn what to pack for such a trek and the hardships one may suffer on the way to the top. Avalanches, frostbite, frigid temperatures, wind, and limited oxygen are just a few of the dangers that make scaling this peak one of the most extreme physical challenges one can experience. To stand on the top of Mount Everest is to stand on top of the world. With informative text and exquisitely detailed cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins brings this extreme journey alive for young adventurers.
Author: Phil and Susan Ershler Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446570916 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 0
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Presents an inspirational account of the experiences of Phil and Susan Ershler, a couple who overcame Phil's Crohn's disease and cancer and Susan's inexperience to climb the Seven Summits.
Author: Ed Viesturs Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0767924711 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 394
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. “From the drama of the peaks, to the struggle of making a living as a professional climber, to the basic how-tos of life at 26,000 feet, No Shortcuts to the Top is fascinating reading.”—Aron Ralston, author of Between a Rock and a Hard Place and subject of the film 127 Hours For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. A preternaturally cautious climber who once turned back 300 feet from the top of Everest but who would not shrink from a peak (Annapurna) known to claim the life of one climber for every two who reached its summit, Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, “Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. In addition to the raw excitement of Viesturs’s odyssey, No Shortcuts to the Top is leavened with many funny moments revealing the camaraderie between climbers. It is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magnificent pursuit.
Author: Victor Appleton Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416936432 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 166
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When Tom heads to Mount Everest to test out his latest invention, he has difficulty focusing because of a nasty bunch of hunters who want to capture a yeti at any cost, while Tom vows to protect the environment and any species in it.
Author: Cheryl King Publisher: ISBN: 9781954403697 Category : Languages : en Pages : 220
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June never thought she'd be dressing like a boy and jumping onto a freight train to travel across Tennessee. But that's what she has to do to find work so her family's farm can survive. It's 1933, and the Great Depression is tightening its chokehold on America. Where once June was sitting on top of the world with her beloved brother, now she's risking her life to fulfill his dying wish. When she falls in love with a railroad bull, her life takes a drastic turn, for she knows what devastation railroad bulls can cause.
Author: Ershler Phil Simons Robin Ershler Susan Publisher: ISBN: 9780446590785 Category : Continents Languages : en Pages : 169
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Presents an inspirational account of the experiences of Phil and Susan Ershler, a couple who overcame Phil's Crohn's disease and cancer and Susan's inexperience to climb the Seven Summits.
Author: Holly Hobbie Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0316049549 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 42
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When Puddle wakes up one morning Toot is missing! Where can he be? Although Puddle prefers to stay home in Woodcock Pocket, his concern for his best friend prompts him to set off. Puddle takes a train... a plane... and eventually finds himself in a far-away place. And who do you think he finds? Holly Hobbie's story of a friendship that extends to the top of the world will be welcomed by the many fans of Toot & Puddle.
Author: Phil Ershler
Author: Phil Ershler
Author: Erik Weihenmayer
Author: Steve Jenkins
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Author: Victor Appleton
Author: Cheryl King
Author: Eric Margolis
Author: Ershler Phil Simons Robin Ershler Susan
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