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Full of courage, humor, friendship, and faith, this is the remarkable story of the youngest Englishman to climb Mount Everest. He endured over 70 days on Everest's southeast face and narrowly escaped death when he fell into a crevasse at 19,000 feet. At the age of 23, he overcame weather conditions and months of limited sleep to reach the summit. |
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In 1996, while serving in the British Army, Bear Grylls broke his back in a freefall parachuting accident in southern Africa. Miraculously, he was not paralyzed. After spending months in a military rehabilitation center, Bear decided to leave the army in order to realize a childhood dream: to climb Mount Everest.Bear endured over seventy days on Everest's southeast face, and only narrowly escaped death when he fell into a crevasse at 19,000 feet. At the age of twenty-three, he overcame extreme weather conditions and months of limited sleep to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain."The Kid Who Climbed Everest" is a personal story of courage, humor, friendship, and faith, and will inspire readers both young and old alike. |