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The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain - How Emme the Australian Terrier Changed My Life When I Needed It Most (Paperback)
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The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain - How Emme the Australian Terrier Changed My Life When I Needed It Most (Paperback)
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Loot Price R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
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The uplifting story of two unlikely mountaineers: a man in late
middle age and a fearless pint-sized pup who, together, scale
Colorado's highest peaks. By the time life had finished hitting
Rick Crandall from all sides, he was at the lowest point of his
life, both personally and professionally. Depressed to find himself
facing a mid-late-life age crisis and watching his finances crumble
as the tech industry bubble burst, he hopes his future isn't headed
downhill. It was at this critical juncture in their new marriage
that his wife Pamela made an astute and life-changing suggestion:
"Let's get a dog." So begins the story of Emme, a 200-pound Saint
Bernard trapped in the body of 5-pound Australian terrier puppy.
Soon, Emme and Rick hit the hiking trails around Aspen, Colorado.
While she is groomed to be a show dog, it's soon obvious that her
heart is in the hills and with Rick, who decides to add more
challenging hikes to the mix. Before long, they are scaling
Colorado's "fourteeners," peaks with altitudes of over 14,000 feet.
On one magical day, Emme climbs to the top of four "fourteeners," a
quarter of the sixteen such peaks she will complete during her life
without once being carried on a trail or on the rocks on the way to
a summit. In mountaineering Rick realizes he has found-in his late
sixties-his life's new passion. This is where Emme has led him-out
of the abyss and to the top of the mountain. She was never really
walking behind: she was nudging him along until he found his
stride. Even after Rick understood the glory of climbing, it was
Emme still doing the leading, until Rick learned how to lead
himself.
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