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The Next Everest - Couverture souple

Davidson, Jim

 
9781250836755: The Next Everest
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1250836751 ISBN 13 : 9781250836755
Editeur : Griffin, 2022

Synopsis

One of Atlas & Boots' Top 10 Adventure Travel Books of 2021 <p/>A dramatic account of the deadly earthquake on Everest--and a return to reach the summit.

On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed about 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with eighteen people losing their lives on the mountain. <p/>After spending two unsettling days stranded on Everest, Davidson's team was rescued by helicopter. The experience left him shaken, and despite his thirty-three years of climbing and serving as an expedition leader, he wasn't sure that he would ever go back. But in the face of risk and uncertainty, he returned in 2017 and finally achieved his dream of reaching the summit. <p/>Suspenseful and engrossing, The Next Everest portrays the experience of living through the biggest disaster to ever hit the mountain. Davidson's background in geology and environmental science makes him uniquely qualified to explain how this natural disaster unfolded and why the seismic threats lurking beneath Nepal are even greater today. But this story is not about "conquering" the world's highest peak. Instead, it reveals how embracing change, challenge, and uncertainty prepares anyone to face their "next Everest" in life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jim Davidson is an accomplished high-altitude climber, motivational speaker, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Ledge. Along with his teammates, he has been commended twice by the U.S. National Park Service for volunteering on risky and remote mountain rescues. He has inspired audiences across the United States and internationally through his business, Speaking of Adventure. Davidson has two adventurous children and lives in Colorado with his wife.

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Éditeur
Griffin
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1250836751
ISBN 13 
9781250836755
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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