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Above the clouds : how I carved my own path to the top of the world / Kilian Jornet.

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir-an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches. What drives a person to the edge of one of the most difficult and revered mountains in the world? How much is one willing to sacrifice and suffer to pursue an authentic and bold life? The most accomplished mountain runner of all time, Kilian Jornet ponders these questions as he contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest, exploring the mountain’s changing nature over four seasons and his own existence. As he recounts a life spent studying, tending, and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet ruminates on what he has found in nature-simplicity, freedom, and spiritual joy-and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his relationship to the mountain … at times his opponent, at others, his greatest muse. In this sweeping, soulful journey-the flip side of stories like Into Thin Air-Jornet illuminates with beauty and brilliance what it means to be an athlete, a competitor, and a human facing the greatest life challenges-for him, the mountain he yearns to climb and honour.

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C9009388497 796.425 JOR
Adult nonfiction   Earlville Branch . . Available .  
C9009230490 796.425 JOR
Adult nonfiction   Smithfield Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780008412128
Dewey 796.425
Author Jornet, Kilian
Title Above the clouds : how I carved my own path to the top of the world / Kilian Jornet.
Published London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Physical description 223 pages ; 24 cm.
General note Originally published as Res ©♭s imposible in Spain in 2018 by Ara Llibres.
Contents note Introduction -- The farewell -- Training -- My home is the mountain -- Everest in summer -- More than five hundred race numbers -- Everest in fall -- Partners in dreams -- Everest in winter -- Experiences that changed me forever -- Everest in spring -- Epilogue: The welcome.
Summary The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir-an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches. What drives a person to the edge of one of the most difficult and revered mountains in the world? How much is one willing to sacrifice and suffer to pursue an authentic and bold life? The most accomplished mountain runner of all time, Kilian Jornet ponders these questions as he contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest, exploring the mountain’s changing nature over four seasons and his own existence. As he recounts a life spent studying, tending, and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet ruminates on what he has found in nature-simplicity, freedom, and spiritual joy-and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his relationship to the mountain … at times his opponent, at others, his greatest muse. In this sweeping, soulful journey-the flip side of stories like Into Thin Air-Jornet illuminates with beauty and brilliance what it means to be an athlete, a competitor, and a human facing the greatest life challenges-for him, the mountain he yearns to climb and honour.
Subject Jornet, Kilian, -- 1987-
Long-distance runners -- Spain -- Biography
Mountaineers -- Spain -- Biography
Athletes -- Spain -- Biography
Mountain runners -- Spain -- Biography
Mountaineering -- Anecdotes
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)Anecdotes
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