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No barriers : a blind man's journey to kayak the Grand Canyon / Erik Weihenmayer and Buddy Levy.
Author
Weihenmayer, Erik
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Description
xvi, 459 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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GV782.42.W45 A3 2017
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Subject(s)
Kayaking
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Arizona
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Lava Falls Rapids
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Blind athletes
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United States
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Biography
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Weihenmayer, Erik
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Weihenmayer, Erik
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Travel
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Arizona
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Grand Canyon
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Author
Levy, Buddy, 1960-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Autobiographies
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Summary note
"No Barriers is about my journey since coming down from Mt. Everest in 2001, and the path to where I am today. It is the story of my own life, the personal and professional struggles in the pursuit of growth, learning, and family, as well as a dream to kayak one of the world's great rivers as a blind athlete. It is also about the many people I've encountered along the way who possess what I call a "No Barriers" mindset, who live a No Barriers life. It highlights these pioneers who give those around them the courage to do great things. People who have risked failure, transcended their personal barriers, and shown others a way forward: scientists and innovators, artists and musicians, climbers and adventurers, activists and soldiers. No Barriers is a way of living, and it exists in all of us, like a deep internal light. But sometimes through trauma, loss, isolation, and disillusionment, people get shoved into a dark place, and that light is almost extinguished. Making hard choices is what feeds that light, and becomes the energy we need to propel us forward. This book is about making the hard choices to fuel that flickering light, so that we can ignite with purpose and become our very best selves"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Vision
The dream factory
Blind summit
Alchemy
Déséquilibre
The bucket champion
Leading the way
Anita, my love
A grain of sand
The adventure glutton
Arjun's playground
"Not my yak!"
The gates of Lodore
Bath towels and packing tape
Soldiers to summits
The open-heart policy
Whirlpools
Eighteen clicks
The other blind guy
The blindest man in the world
Eddied out
Smile
The weight of water
Flow
Lava.
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ISBN
9781250088789 ((hardback))
125008878X ((hardback))
LCCN
2016037629
OCLC
969973158
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