The Kid Who Climbed Everest - Softcover

Grylls, Bear

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9781599212524: The Kid Who Climbed Everest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599212528 ISBN 13: 9781599212524

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2001

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The incredible true story from the host of TV's Man vs. Wild He was once a critically-injured Special Forces soldier who endured eight months of grueling therapy from a broken back in 1996 when his parachute failed to open over the African desert. But Bear Grylls was determined to scale new heights - literally - in his riveting story of hope and true grit. He raised the money on his own, spent seventy days on the dangerous southeast face, and became the youngest Briton to scale Everest. Grylls is now an enormously popular television host who shares fascinating survival stories with massive audiences every week. These adventures have made him one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world and have given this, his first book, a new perspective. It's a must-read for anyone who has had a dream and worked hard to make it come true. Bear Grylls is the host of Discovery Channel's Man Vs. Wild, and lives with his family in London.

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"Fascinating reading." -Tony Blair, Prime Minister of England "A vivid and inspiring read."-- Kirkus Reviews "I highly recommend this remarkable book, and I know its readers will be as spellbound as I have been." --Michael, Prince of Kent "Bear Grylls, the youngest [Briton] to ascend Everest, did so agter many months recovering from a broken back. He writes convincingly of feat and doublt. This is an honest and compelling story." -Sir Ranulph Fiennes, author of Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent. "Bear Grylls is a young man with skills beyond his years, both in climbing and story telling. This book, like the feat of summiting Everest itself, is a great triumph of the human spirit." --Mike Tidwell, author of In the Mountains of Heaven: Tales of Adventure on Six Continents

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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 had come within a fraction of an inch 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, to stand, to walk, even to 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 this story an essential read for anyone who's ever had a dream and made it come true. Bear Grylls was brought up on a small island off the south coast of England, where his late father taught him to climb and sail. Now one of the youngest and most sought-after motivational speakers, he relates his remarkable experiences to audiences and corporations all around the world.

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