Above the Clouds : How I

Carved My Own Path to

the Top of the World
 By
Kilian Jornet
HarperCollins Publishers
 The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates
his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and
free-flowing memoir-an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves
from the earth's highest peak to the soul's deepest reaches.

What drives a person to the edge of one of the most difficult and
revered mountains in the world? How much is one willing to
sacrifice and suffer to pursue an authentic and bold life? The most
accomplished mountain runner of all time, Kilian Jornet ponders
these questions as he contemplates his record-breaking climb of
Mount Everest, exploring the mountain's changing nature over four
seasons and his own existence.

As he recounts a life spent studying, tending, 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 muse.

In this sweeping, soulful journey-the flip side of stories like Into

Thin Air-Jornet illuminates with beauty and brilliance what it means
to be an athlete, a competitor, and a human facing the greatest life
challenges-for him, the mountain he yearns to climb and honour.

HarperCollins Publishers
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