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Above the Clouds - The Nature of Mountains, the Terrain of an Athlete, and How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World (Hardcover)
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Above the Clouds - The Nature of Mountains, the Terrain of an Athlete, and How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World (Hardcover)
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The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his
record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and
free-flowing memoir-an intellectual and spiritual journey that
moves from the earth's highest peak to the soul's deepest reaches.
The world's fastest mountain climber, ultra-runner, and
mountaineer, Kilian Jornet has broken nearly every mountaineering
record in the world and twice been named National Geographic
Adventurer of the Year. In 2018 he burnished that legend, setting
the FKT (fastest known time) ascending and descending Mount
Everest-in twenty-six hours from base camp-without bottled oxygen
or ropes. What drives a person to the edge of one of the most
difficult and revered mountains in the world? How much is one
willing to sacrifice and suffer to pursue an authentic and bold
life? Jornet ponders these questions as he recounts one remarkable
year in the life of the mountain, exploring Everest's changing
nature over four seasons and his own existence. Above the Clouds
silhouettes a complex and dedicated runner at the peak of his
physical prowess who must choose between the safe and certain or
the adventurous and perilous. As he recounts a life spent studying,
tending, and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet
ruminates on what he has found in nature-simplicity, freedom, and
spiritual joy-and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his
relationship to the mountain . . . at times his opponent, at
others, his greatest muse. In this sweeping, soulful journey-the
flip side of stories like Into Thin Air-Jornet illuminates with
beauty and brilliance what it means to be an athlete, a competitor,
and a human facing the greatest life challenges-for him, the
mountain he yearns to climb and honor.
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