Download Within Reach: My Everest Story AudioBook Free
Two years earlier, every media giant from ESPN to HELLO America scrambled to report the inspirational true report of fifteen-year-old Mark Pfetzer, the youngest climber ever to attempt the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest & most coveted peak. Now, as Mark prepares to embark on just one more record-breaking feat--to become the youngest ever to lead an Everest expedition--he shares his extraordinary personal report. Like Jon Krakauer's best-seller Into NOTHING, a merchant account of another climbing get together on the mountain at that time, Mark's personal saga is filled with both triumphs and setbacks. Information on his amazing and careful preparations as well as a moment-by-moment bank account of the climbs are contained in a suspenseful and fast-paced first-person narrative. Visitors will marvel at Mark's persistence through high-altitude and ice training as well as the arduous daily workouts; they'll sympathize with his fatigue as he bears nearly twenty extra pounds of schoolbooks to Advanced Foundation Camp. They'll also have the adrenaline pumping when they go with Mark at night ever-shifting Khumbu Icefall, over three-hundred-foot crevasses, or more in to the high-altitude Death Zone. When his daddy is stricken with cancers back, Mark's report also becomes an eloquent testimony to the unbreakable connection between daddy and child. A full-color add includes images that capture moments from the expeditions, as well as breathtaking pictures of the Tibetan landscape. A sure pick out for aspiring climbers and sportsmen, Mark's story offers an exhilarating promise for those young readers: Any goal can be at your fingertips, if you reach much enough.
