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

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780062965035
  • 29 oktober 2020
  • 240 pagina's
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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 earths highest peak to the souls deepest reaches. the worlds 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 Everests 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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en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
29 oktober 2020
Aantal pagina's
240
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Hoofdauteur
Kilian Jornet
Tweede Auteur
Kilian Jornet
Hoofduitgeverij
Harperone

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Eerste Vertaler
Charlotte Whittle
Tweede Vertaler
Charlotte Whittle

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Product breedte
152 mm
Product lengte
229 mm
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Verpakking breedte
154 mm
Verpakking hoogte
25 mm
Verpakking lengte
232 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
743 g

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