Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks - My Life In The Death Zone - Brossura

Purja, Nimsdai

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1529312256 ISBN 13: 9781529312256

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton, 2020

Riassunto

'If you're going to get one book this year get Beyond Possible.' - Ant Middleton 'Not only does Nims have exceptional physical stamina, he's also a leader with great skills in financial management and logistics.' - Reinhold Messner, the first person to climb all fourteen highest mountains in the world 'The magnitude of his achievement is astonishing.' Soldier Magazine 'A Living Legend.' Trail Magazine *** Welcome to The Death Zone. Fourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the brain and body withers and dies. Until recently, the world record for climbing them all stood at nearly eight years. So I announced I was summiting them in under seven months. People laughed. They told me I was crazy, even though I'd sharpened my climbing skills on the brutal Himalayan peaks of Everest and Dhaulagiri. But I possessed more than enough belief, strength and resilience to nail the job, having taken down enemy gunmen and terrorist bomb makers while serving with the Gurkhas and the UK Special Forces. Throughout 2019, I came alive in the death zone. Soon after, I was showing the world a new truth: that with bravery and enough heart and drive, the impossible was possible...

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1529312256
• ISBN 13: 9781529312256
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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