The author describes how he spent his teenage years climbing mountains in the United States, South America, Africa, and Asia, with an emphasis on his two expeditions up Mount Everest
Contents
Finding a Way -- To Nepal -- Bigger Ideas -- High Altitude -- Getting Physical -- Ecuador: Success and Failure -- Argentina -- The North Side -- Everest '95 -- My Mother's Necklace -- To Base Camp with Cameras -- Everest '96 -- The Storm -- The Guide -- Cho Oyu -- The Decision