Everest: It's Not About the Summit - Softcover

Stewart, Ellis James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1539886360 ISBN 13: 9781539886365

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

'Far more inspirational than many other climbing books. If you want something enough, you should try for it. You may not succeed, but you'll be changed by the experience. Read this book it's beyond amazing'. - Amazon.com

In 2014 Mount Everest was closed to all climbers after a devastating avalanche claimed the lives of sixteen Nepali mountain workers ferrying loads up through the Khumbu Icefall on the mountains southern approach through Nepal. Almost a year to the day later in late April 2015, the mountain was once more rocked to its core after a large earthquake struck Nepal sending shockwaves rippling across the Himalayas. These ripples left a trail of devastation in their path causing yet again another avalanche to wreak havoc on the mountain. This time, nineteen people lost their lives, on what would become the deadliest day in the mountain's history.

Back in 2013, Ellis J Stewart a then 40-year-old from the UK had but one goal, to climb the mountain. Something he had targeted achieving for over 20 years. This book is the author’s story of those endeavours during the two most devastating years in the history of attempts on Everest.

Not every climber who goes to Everest succeeds, not every climber returns to tell the tale, but to return unscathed after such a large loss of life is a story to be told. This is that story.

Everest: It’s not about the summit is a very honest account of a lifelong dream shattered in tragic circumstances. From the streets of northern England through to the valleys and high mountains of Nepal, Stewart shared his story with thousands of followers on social media, winning over the hearts and minds of many. A groundswell of support sent Stewart to achieve his dream, not once but twice. Nobody could have anticipated the events that would follow. Events that would define Stewart in ways he couldn't possibly have imagined.

This book invites you into an intoxicating world, one where the margin between success and failure is brutally slim. This is a moving book with tragedy and commitment to a cause as a very central theme. It is a real story about real people. Whether it’s your usual genre of book or not doesn't matter as it's basically a fantastic story. You don’t need to be a climber to enjoy this book at all. It has universal appeal and is a true inspirational cliffhanger for all. This book should be on the bookshelf of all active and armchair mountaineers alike.

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About the Author

Ellis J Stewart is a self-published author from Hartlepool in County Durham. He has a degree in e-Commerce and runs Everest Dream, a Mount Everest community on Facebook. His favorite mountaineering book is Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog.

The book Ellis wrote about his two attempts to climb Everest (Everest: It's Not About the Summit) has now sold almost 10,000 copies in all formats, Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle & Audible. The Kindle version is regularly featured in the top ten of the mountaineering category on Amazon UK.

You can find out more about Ellis at www.ellisjstewart.me and www.everest-dream.com

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1539886360
• ISBN 13: 9781539886365
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 362