Higher Purpose: The Heroic Story of the First Disabled Man to Conquer Everest - Hardcover

Whittaker, Tom; Dodd, Johnny

 
9780895261991: Higher Purpose: The Heroic Story of the First Disabled Man to Conquer Everest
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0895261995 ISBN 13: 9780895261991
Verlag: LifeLine Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

As Tom Whittaker struggled to keep conscious the night of 27 November 1979, his thoughts focused on a singular plea: Please, don't let them take my legs. Earlier that evening, a drunk driver struck Tom's VW van on an isolated, snow-covered road in Idaho and shattered his legs -- and his dreams. When he awoke from emergency surgery, the 31-year-old mountaineer's right leg had been amputated at mid-shin and his right kneecap removed. Devastated, he pondered suicide. Finally it occurred to him: you don't need your lower leg to kayak. Seven months after the accident, Tom hobbled down to the south fork of the Payette River, and began paddling. In the years since then, Tom has not only taken his life back, he's taken his family, his fellow sportsmen, and hundreds of thousands of disabled and able-bodied people to the top of the world. In May 1998, Tom became the first amputee to summit Mount Everest. The climb and his inspirational story, as well as his work on behalf of disabled people around the world, have earned him the recognition as one of America's most courageous heroes.

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Verlag
LifeLine Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0895261995
ISBN 13 
9780895261991
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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