I picked up this adventure book in a great used bookstore in Kenai. It's a brief memoir by an amazing man who not only conquered the Seven Summits but is also an eye surgeon. It was written while he was early in his medical career, after graduating from Yale (undergrad) and Harvard (doctorate) and attending Oxford - whew! He chose the title to advocate for taking risks by pursuing your dreams and testing your limits. It was inspiring and at the same time intimidating. At times he seemed reckless but his belief in his abilities and willingness to challenge himself has served him well.
He currently heads a philanthropic project to eliminate preventable blindness in the poor of the world and visits Nepal each year to perform cataract surgery on what is now thousands of people.
He would be a fascinating person to meet, I plan to listen to his TED talk.
p.s. He also is responsible for "inventing" bungee jumping!
Published: 1993 Read: June 2018 Genre: Adventure
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