The Kid Who Climbed Everest

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Product ID:	9781493040957
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Kid Who Climbed Everest
Authors:	Author: Bear Grylls
Subjects:	Climbing and mountaineering, Climbing & mountaineering, Adventure holidays
Description:	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.
Imprint Name:	Lyons Press
Publisher Name:	Lyons Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2019-02-15

Weight	438 g
Dimensions	155 × 228 × 18 mm