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**"In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life --one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us." --Elizabeth Gilbert**Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir following her journey to Mount Everest.A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent-- the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death's close proximity--woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest."The...
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Silvia Vasquez-Lavado; OverDrive, Inc
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250776754
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (312 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14