The Kid who Climbed Everest

The Incredible Story of a 23-year-old's Summit of Mt. Everest

• Author(s): Bear Grylls,
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Pages: 283
• ISBN_10: 1585742503
  ISBN_13: 9781585742509
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering , Travel / Special Interest / Adventure ,

Description:... In 1996, while serving in the British Army, Bear Grylls broke his back in a freefall parachuting accident in southern Africa. Miraculously, he was not paralyzed. After spending months in a military rehabilitation center, Bear decided to leave the army in order to realize a childhood dream: to climb Mount Everest.

Bear endured over seventy days on Everest's southeast face, and only narrowly escaped death when he fell into a crevasse at 19,000 feet. At the age of twenty-three, he overcame extreme weather conditions and months of limited sleep to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain.

"The Kid Who Climbed Everest" is a personal story of courage, humor, friendship, and faith, and will inspire readers both young and old alike.