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The Sky´s the Limit: The story of Vicky Jack and her quest to climb the seven summits
Anna Magnusson
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Description for The Sky´s the Limit: The story of Vicky Jack and her quest to climb the seven summits
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
There is a myth: that travel and exploration are the privileged pastimes of youth. Adventure has an age restriction, and the extraordinary an expiry date. Vicky Jack's inspiring tale of courage, perseverance and strong-headedness reveals the falsity behind this myth as she becomes the oldest British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The Sky's the Limit is the account of Vicky's journey from the Munros of her native Scotland to the summit of the world's highest peak. Her pilgrimage is full of trials as she battles through Antarctic storms, falls off Mt McKinley ... Read more
There is a myth: that travel and exploration are the privileged pastimes of youth. Adventure has an age restriction, and the extraordinary an expiry date. Vicky Jack's inspiring tale of courage, perseverance and strong-headedness reveals the falsity behind this myth as she becomes the oldest British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The Sky's the Limit is the account of Vicky's journey from the Munros of her native Scotland to the summit of the world's highest peak. Her pilgrimage is full of trials as she battles through Antarctic storms, falls off Mt McKinley ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910745793
SKU
V9781910745793
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Anna Magnusson
Anna Magnusson is a writer, broadcaster and radio producer. In 2006 she published The Quarriers Story, a history of Quarriers Homes, once the biggest orphanage in Scotland, and now a leading care charity. She also edited The Time of our Lives (Rannoch Press, 2011), a collection of memories of wartime schoolgirls evacuated from Glasgow to Auchterarder. Anna is an award-winning ... Read more
Reviews for The Sky´s the Limit: The story of Vicky Jack and her quest to climb the seven summits
A book that breaks down any inhibitions and makes you want to escape to the wilds. - MARK BEAUMONT Vicky Jack's story is extraordinary. Respect. - MICHAEL PALIN