More Than a Mountain: One Woman's Everest

by TA Loeffler

Overview

Writing with remarkable openness and passion, T.A. Loeffler recounts her powerful story of preparing for, and attempting to scale, the mighty summit of Mount Everest. With gripping descriptions and spectacular photos, she invites readers into the extreme world of high-altitude climbing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771030267
Publisher:	Breakwater Books Ltd.
Publication date:	04/08/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

TA Loeffler Ph.D. is a unique combination of outdoor adventurer, author, filmmaker, photographer, educator, and motivational speaker, bringing a diversity of experience and expertise to everything she does. Her work and adventures have taken her to 35 different countries and five different continents.

Table of Contents

My Everest     1
Returning to Nepal     7
Diving Board     19
Elbrus Entrada     23
Nurturing the Dream     35
Patience on Aconcagua     49
Priming the Pump     59
Trekking Through the Past to Base Camp     71
Illness and the Icefall     99
To Pheriche and Back     113
Beyond the Icefall     119
Base Camp Blues     127
Whichever of the Two Occurs, Be Patient     137
The Kathmandu Bardo     147
After Everest     155
Acknowledgements     169
Glossary     173
Author Biography     185