Climbing the Walls
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Climbing the Walls

  1. 314 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Climbing the Walls

About this book

When mountains are your salvation, what keep your mental weather calm and free of storms, how do you cope if they’re out of reach?

After spending a decade restlessly globetrotting in search of a way of life that worked for him, journalist Kieran Cunningham alighted on Sondrio, a small town in Lombardy, Italy. A stone’s throw from the Alps, there he found the perfect combination of fresh mountain air, a strong network of local friends and lots of climbing. Finally he was able to accept and manage his diagnosis of Bipolar 1. And then Lombardy found itself the European epicentre of Covid-19 and subject to the strictest of lockdowns.
 
What does a climber do when his beloved peaks are off limits? When he’s only permitted to leave the house for his weekly sanctioned grocery shop? When all the things that help him maintain his delicate equilibrium are taken away? As Kieran feels his mental health begin to crumble, he looks desperately for something he can climb to help rid him of his excess energy and hopefully get him back on track.
 
Kieran finds himself navigating the walls of his house over and over while gazing at the mountain ranges so tantalisingly close. He dreams of that first euphoric climb – alone in the clouds, tired, happy, sated. Climbing the Walls is a memoir about mental health and the power of nature and exercise. It’s both a devastatingly honest account of living with Bipolar 1 and a love song to small-town Italian life and the high places that keep him healthy.
 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Lockdown -3 Days
  5. Lockdown -2 Days
  6. Lockdown -1 Day
  7. Lockdown Day 1
  8. Lockdown Day 2
  9. Lockdown Day 3
  10. Lockdown Day 4
  11. Lockdown Day 5
  12. Lockdown Day 7
  13. Lockdown Day 8
  14. Lockdown Day 10
  15. Lockdown Day 11
  16. Lockdown Day 12
  17. Lockdown Day 13
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  19. Lockdown Day 15
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  21. Lockdown Day 17
  22. Lockdown Day 19
  23. Lockdown Day 20
  24. Lockdown Day 22
  25. Lockdown Day 23
  26. Lockdown Day 24
  27. Lockdown Day 25
  28. Lockdown Day 28
  29. Lockdown Day 29
  30. Lockdown Day 30
  31. Lockdown Day 31
  32. Lockdown Day 33
  33. Lockdown Day 34
  34. Lockdown Day 35
  35. Lockdown Day 36
  36. Lockdown Day 37
  37. Lockdown Day 38
  38. Lockdown Day 41
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  40. Lockdown Day 43
  41. Lockdown Day 44
  42. Lockdown Day 45
  43. Lockdown Day 46
  44. Lockdown Day 47
  45. Lockdown Day 48
  46. Lockdown Day 49
  47. Lockdown Day 50
  48. Lockdown Day 51
  49. Lockdown Day 53
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  51. Lockdown Day 55
  52. Lockdown Day 56
  53. Lockdown Day 57
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  56. Lockdown Day 60
  57. Lockdown Day 62
  58. Epilogue
  59. Acknowledgements
  60. Copyright

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Year
2021
Topic
Social Sciences
Print ISBN
9781398500228
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
eBook ISBN
9781398500211
Index
Social Sciences

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