The Joy of Misery [Kindle Edition]

Shaun Roundy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2011

Mountain climbing makes for great metaphors about life because it always includes a noble struggle and a clear goal.
Achieving the goal brings the rewarding view from the top of the world and the satisfaction of completion.
The possibility of failure, of injury or odds too great to overcome, creates the need for courage and makes the reward all the more glorious.
But life is never really that simple. No single goal’s attainment answers all questions nor fills all needs. Life is more like a mountain climb bookended by years of struggle and peace, flashes of excitement and stretches of monotony.
This climbing story is no metaphor. It’s the real deal, a true account of a solo ascent of a treacherous 7,000’ mountain, yet it still reveals many useful insights about life, death, happiness, misery, beauty, balance, and wholeness.
This 5,000+ word essay includes 45 expedition photos.

Product Details

• File Size: 979 KB
• Print Length: 35 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: University of Life (October 7, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005TOURFK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,041 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Shaun Roundy's cv reads like a character from an action-adventure movie. Alongside writing half a dozen books in various styles, he has taught writing to thousands of university students, climbed 18,000' mountains, sailed 2,500 miles through two oceans, speaks half a dozen languages, lived on four continents and a tropical island, saved dozens of lives as a member of an active volunteer Search and Rescue team, chaired the Mountain Rescue Association's Intermountain Region, appeared in the Discovery Channel's "Raging Planet - Blizzards" and KUED's award-winning "Secrets of the Lost Canyon", along with many appearances on the evening news. The list goes on and on.

As a writer, he seeks primarily to entertain and inspire. "The best thing about writing is hearing that my readers stayed up all night reading because they couldn't stop, or laughed or shouted out loud, or that the plot caught them totally by surprise, or that they related to some character or insight that changed their life."