Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain Thompson Lisa
Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain Thompson Lisa Near the death zone on K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to…
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Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain Thompson Lisa
Near the death zone on K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to continue climbing. After a harrowing battle with cancer, Lisa realized she needed to understand what motivated her to take greater and greater risks in the mountains. Her choices were clear: give in to her doubts and descend or push past her own limits and continue up the mountain's steep face.Defiance had provoked Thompson to enter the male-dominated world of high-altitude mountaineering, but defiance could only take her so far.
Finding Elevation chronicles Thompson's path from novice climber to world-class mountaineer, as she becomes the second American woman to summit K2, which is considered by many to be the most dangerous mountain in the world.More than a climbing memoir, Finding Elevation is a deeply personal examination of motivation and