In the Shadow of the Mountain

Released on by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
preview-18

  • In the Shadow of the Mountain Book Detail

  • Author : Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Release Date : 2022-02-01
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 309
  • ISBN 13 : 1250776759
  • File Size : 77,77 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado PDF Summary

Book Description: “In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir chronicling her journey to Mount Everest. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she’d suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent—the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death’s close proximity—woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest. “The Mother of the World,” as it’s known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn’t go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her. It was never easy. At times hair-raising, nerve-racking, and always challenging, Silvia remembers the acute anxiety of leading a group of novice climbers to Everest’s base, all the while coping with her own nerves of summiting. But, there were also moments of peace, joy, and healing with the strength of her fellow survivors and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, an appetite for risk, and faith in our own resilience.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own In the Shadow of the Mountain books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

In the Shadow of the Mountain

In the Shadow of the Mountain

File Size : 13,13 MB
Total View : 9905 Views
DOWNLOAD

“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers

Shadow on the Mountain

Shadow on the Mountain

File Size : 27,27 MB
Total View : 4222 Views
DOWNLOAD

“Newbery Honor winner Preus . . . delivers a riveting story about teenage freedom fighters in WWII Norway” (Publishers Weekly). After Nazi Germany invades a

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow

File Size : 60,60 MB
Total View : 5566 Views
DOWNLOAD

Maria Coffey's Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow is a powerful, affecting and important book that exposes the far reaching personal costs of extreme adventure

In the Shadow of the Mountains

In the Shadow of the Mountains

File Size : 90,90 MB
Total View : 3536 Views
DOWNLOAD

The triumphs and tragedies of Denver’s founding family as they carve out an empire in the American West—an epic saga from the beloved bestselling author. Bo

The Mountain Shadow

The Mountain Shadow

File Size : 54,54 MB
Total View : 2095 Views
DOWNLOAD

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers,