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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy Paperback – June 20, 2000
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- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarper Paperbacks
- Publication dateJune 20, 2000
- Dimensions5.31 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- ISBN-100060953616
- ISBN-13978-0060953614
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"A concise, passionate account...a welcome addition to the growing library of books about extreme challenges surmounted by women". -- Andrea Gabbard, author of The Woman's Guide to Mountaineering
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On May 10, 1996, Lene Gammelgaard became the first Scandinavian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But a raging storm and human error conspired to turn triumph into catastrophe. Eight of her team's climbers, including its renowned leader Scott Fischer, perished in a tragedy that would make headlines around the world. In her riveting account, Gammelgaard takes us from her weeks of determined training to the exhilaration of arriving in Nepal to the arduous climb and deadly storm that forced her and her fellow climbers to huddle throughout the night, hoping to stay alive. Gammelgaard also writes movingly of Everest's awesome beauty; of the passion and commitment required to face the daunting challenge of climbing to high altitudes; and of the complex personal relationships forged in the pursuit of such dangerous ventures. Arlene Blum, author of the classic account of women and mountaineering, Annapurna: A Woman's Place, calls Climbing High "an honest and deeply personal account".
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- Publisher : Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (June 20, 2000)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0060953616
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060953614
- Item Weight : 7.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #549,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #29 in Caving & Spelunking
- #530 in Mountain Climbing
- #2,625 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies
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Lene Gammelgaard Develop People who Lead for the Future. Lene Gammelgaard is the inventor of Futurize The Everest Way.
Lene Gammelgaard is a FUTURIST - TOP THINKER FOR TOP MANAGERS and a Best selling author in addition to being the first danish woman on Mount Everest 1996.
Surviving Mount Everet in 1996 imprinted the importance of having a strong focus on where you want to be in the future - how to utilize your brain to overrule any limiting beliefs.
You can program you brain - using NeuroLeadership - to get to the Top.
You need to innovate a bold mission for the future, risk pursuing what does not exist, discipline will power and strengthen character to develop self-confidence to survive pursuing extraordinary visions.
With her passion for Leadership in Radical Times Lene emphasizes the importance of determination and never giving up. Rest - recuperate - Renew. Fire and rewire.
Lene has invested a lifetime - Transforming her hands-on self lived experiences into strategic tools for all to apply to become leaders of the 4th Industriel Revolution.
"Futurize The Everest Way" - offers 3 universal mental principles that will get you through and beyond any challenges or hardships.
Quitting is not in Lenes vocabulary. Lene stresses the value of shifting focus – never focus on what you cannot do – instead focus on what you can control and what you can innovate forward. Program your brain with clear focus to strengthen your convictions.
Lene has risen to international prominence by delivering high-energy messages that conveys how people can shake off mediocrity and live up to their untapped potential through utilizing their capacity to self-programm. NeuroLeadership.
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A good read as an adjunct to Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.
Lene Gammelgaard was one of the hikers that made the summit on that fatal trip. She was part of Scott Fisher’s Mountain Madness Expedition. Scott himself was one of the five people from the combined Adventure Consultants/Mountain Madness bid for the summit.
Lene tells her story with candid prose. She was one of the climbers lost in the whiteout above Camp Four. Only a break in the storm for an instant saved any of them. The sky was clear long enough for one of the climbers to get a bearing from the stars. Lene was one of the climbers who staggered to safety and alerted people to others dying not far from camp.
What really happened to trap the climbers is only known by the survivors. They lived the dreadful moments of being lost in a storm 8000 meters up. They knew the people who died and the horror of being able to do nothing to save them. Lene’s account is straightforward and not focused on blame but focused on survival!
I give the book four stars
Quoth the Raven…
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