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"Kilian Jornet is the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation."—NEW YORK TIMES
"Inspiring and humbling"— ALEX HONNOLD
The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climbs of Mount Everest in this profound memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches.
Kilian Jornet has broken nearly every mountaineering record in the world and twice been named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. In 2018 he summitted Mount Everest twice in one week—without the help of bottled oxygen or ropes.
As he recounts a life spent studying and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet ruminates on what he has found in nature—simplicity, freedom, and spiritual joy—and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his relationship to the mountain . . . at times his opponent, at others, his greatest inspiration.
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About Kilian Jornet
Steven Brand, native
to Dundee, Scotland, lived in East Africa when he was young, spending nine
years in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. He experienced film for the first time in
a drive-in cinema in Kenya. In 2002, having worked extensively in theater, film,
and television in the UK, Steven was brought over to the United States to star
in The Scorpion King. Following the
success of his American debut, Steven’s work has included the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man, Stephen
King’s Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, CSI, and others. Steven has homes in
London and Los Angeles.
About Steven Brand
Steven Brand, native
to Dundee, Scotland, lived in East Africa when he was young, spending nine
years in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. He experienced film for the first time in
a drive-in cinema in Kenya. In 2002, having worked extensively in theater, film,
and television in the UK, Steven was brought over to the United States to star
in The Scorpion King. Following the
success of his American debut, Steven’s work has included the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man, Stephen
King’s Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, CSI, and others. Steven has homes in
London and Los Angeles.