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The Kid Who Climbed Everest:

Thew Incredible Story Of A 23-Year Old's Summit Of Mt. Everest
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Lyons Press, Dec 1, 2004 - Travel - 283 pages
In 1996, a twenty-three-year-old soldier in the British Army was flying over an African desert on a routine parachute jump. He had a lot to look forward to-a long career ahead of him in the army, a beautiful girlfriend back home. But those dreams were cut short when his parachute failed to open at eleven thousand feet. He had cracked three vertebrae and had come within a fraction of an inch of severing his spinal cord. A grueling eight months of physical therapy followed. Bear had to retrain his muscles to do all of the things we take for granted-how to sit, to stand, to walk, even to breathe. Eighteen months after his accident, he overcame incredible odds to reach the peak of Everest.
The Kid Who Climbed Everest is a tale of courage and determination. Bear's quest for funding for his expedition, his seventy days on Everest's southeast face, and a narrow brush with death after a fall into a crevasse at nineteen thousand feet, make this story an essential read for anyone who's ever had a dream and made it come true.
Bear Grylls was brought up on a small island off the south coast of England, where his late father taught him to climb and sail. Now one of the youngest and most sought-after motivational speakers, he relates his remarkable experiences to audiences and corporations all around the world.

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The pictures of the climb are excellent. - Goodreads
Not a great writer, but did climb Everest. - Goodreads
He's an adventurer and explorer - not a writer. - Goodreads

Review: The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest

User Review  - Cami - Goodreads

Going into this knowing it was written not by a writer but by a man trying to tell his story, I really enjoyed it. There were lots of typos and several boring parts but it is a travel log so those ... Read full review

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User Review  - Michelle Clark - Goodreads

Incredible experience! Loved how genuine Bear was. 3.75 stars. =) Read full review

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About the author (2004)

Bear was brought up on a small island off the south coast of England, where his late father taught him to climb and sail.

A martial arts expert, Bear went on to spend three years as a soldier in the British Special Forces (21 SAS). He then suffered a free fall parachuting accident in Africa, and broke his back in three places.

Yet despite this, and after months of military rehabilitation, he went on to become the youngest Briton ever, and one of only an elite number of climbers, to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Now one of the youngest and most sought-after motivational speakers, he relates his remarkable experiences to audiences and corporations all around the world.

Bear lives with his wife, Shara, and their little son, Jesse, on a Dutch barge in London and on a small, remote Welsh island.

One day he hopes to buy a home that doesn't leak.


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TitleThe Kid Who Climbed Everest: Thew Incredible Story Of A 23-Year Old's Summit Of Mt. Everest
AuthorBear Grylls
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherLyons Press, 2004
ISBN1592284930, 9781592284931
Length283 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering
Travel / Special Interest / Adventure
  
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