Just over 1,800 people have made it to the summit of Mt. Everest, yet thousands dream of what it would be like for a mere mortal to attempt to reach its summit at 29,035 feet. Do the rewards of climbing the world’s highest peak outweigh the life-threatening risks a person takes to get to the top? Only one in 12 people who attempt the grueling climb to the summit are successful, leaving most people’s Everest expeditions left to the imagination.
Author and amateur climber Kevin Flynn is now offering readers the opportunity to join his incredible journey up Mt. Everest in his new book Mt. Everest: Confessions of an Amateur Peak Bagger.
In this riveting adventure, Flynn takes the reader along for the ride through each stage of his expedition, step by precarious step, from base camp to summit and back again. Mt. Everest: Confessions of an Amateur Peak Bagger has 69 entertaining chapters detailing Flynn’s climbing experiences; from his early days as an Adirondack 46er (someone who has climbed the 46 peaks of the Adirondack Mountains that are 4,000 feet or higher) to his failed first attempt at climbing Everest in 2002, and his near-death experience during his second, and ultimately successful Everest summit bid in 2004. This 308-page book also includes 52 beautiful color photos that help illustrate what life was like on the mountain that the Nepalese refer to as Sagarmatha, meaning “goddess of the sky.”
“Mt. Everest: Confessions of an Amateur Peak Bagger is a very personal and realistic account of failure and success on Everest,” said Eric Simonson, world-renowned climber and partner at International Mountain Guides (IMG). “A must read for anyone who has ever thought about what it would be like to climb to the top of the world.”
“Flynn obviously loves the mountains and you’ll have fun reading about his climbs,” adds Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen 8,000 meter peaks.
This true story of what really happened to amateur climber Kevin Flynn exposes readers to the emotional and mental tests that Everest throws at its summiteers, along with the humorous and heart warming stories from Flynn’s expeditions.
“I’ve climbed with Flynn on Everest and Elbrus and he understands that there’s a lot more to mountaineering than just getting to the summit,” said Phil Ershler, Flynn’s close friend and a partner at IMG. “I think this book will help the reader understand the joy and pain that accompanies every climber on a big mountain climb.”
This is Flynn’s first published book. His passion for hiking and mountaineering has earned him the accomplishment of being a two-time Adirondack 46-er, and he expects to complete the “Seven Summits” in 2006. To date, Flynn has climbed Mt. Everest (Asia), Mt. McKinley (North America), Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mt. Aconcagua (South America), Mt. Elbrus (Europe), and recently reached the summit of Mt. Vinson (Antarctica) in early December 2005. He plans to climb Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia in 2006.
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