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On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt.
Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled
Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable
was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered
Fortune (r) 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she
met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who
was the first American to summit Everest from its treacherous north
face, had climbed his whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic,
debilitating illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their
final summit, Phil was diagnosed with colon cancer, and the
resulting surgeries and complications were expected to end his
career. This is Susan and Phil's story: a tale of love set in the
mountains, a story of triumphal highs and devastating lows in quest
of a seemingly impossible drea
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