The Mountain Path: A climber's journey through life and death

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Synopsis
‘All I wanted to do was go to sleep. And I was certain that if I did drift off, it would be for the last time.’In 1998, Paul Pritchard was struck on the head by a falling rock as he climbed a sea stack in Tasmania called the Totem Pole. Close to death, waiting for hours for rescue, Pritchard kept himself going with a promise that given the chance, he would ‘at least attempt to live’.Left hemiplegic by his injury, Pritchard has spent the last two decades attempting to live, taking on adventures that seemed impossible for someone so badly injured while plumbing the depths of a mind almost snuffed out by his passion for climbing.Not content to simply survive, Pritchard finds ways to return to his old life, cycling across Tibet and expanding his mind on gruelling meditation courses, revisiting the past and understanding his compulsion for risk. Finally, he returns to climb the Totem Pole, the place where his life was almost extinguished.The Mountain Path is an adventure book like no other, an exploration of a healing brain, a journey into philosophy and psychology, a test of will and a triumph of hope.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
178 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781839810947
Related ISBNs:
9781839810923
Publisher:
Vertebrate Publishing
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Paul Pritchard.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sports, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Philosophy
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Hazel Findlay

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