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  • Rising

  • Becoming the First North American Woman on Everest
  • By: Sharon Wood
  • Narrated by: Emily Durante
  • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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Rising

By: Sharon Wood
Narrated by: Emily Durante
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Publisher's summary

In Rising, Wood reflects on the 70 days she spent on Everest and on the pivotal experiences and influences that brought her to that staggeringly beautiful and austere corner of the world. Beyond the physical hardships, she faced personal challenges as an outlier in the male bastion of Himalayan climbing. These were compounded by the vexing presence of her past mentor and lover with his new girlfriend on the American team climbing on the same side of the mountain. It didn't help that the media pitched the two women as rivals, both vying to become the first North American woman to reach the summit of the highest mountain in the world. Wood rose to all these challenges, finding camaraderie and inspiration among her teammates.

Rising is both a gripping, adrenalin-filled mountain story and a reflective memoir that reaches beyond the summit to explore a life lived in Everest's long shadow: unexpected acclaim, outrageous expectations, and personal struggles. As Wood tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adventure, change, growth, and humility. It is a tale that feels poignantly relevant - a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations, or self-imposed barriers.

©2019 Sharon Wood (P)2020 Tantor
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A personal drama

I felt that that narration had Excessive personal drama and not enough about to climb

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