Higher Love

Climbing and Skiing the Seven Summits

Kit DesLauriers

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781680515367
• Edition: 0
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies

In 2006 Kit DesLauriers made history by becoming the first person to climb--and then ski--from the summit of each continent's highest mountain, the famed Seven Summits. Centered on this quest, her book Higher Love represents a hero's journey, rich with personal insights, life-threatening consequences, and a thrilling crescendo. Spanning seven continents in just two years, this deeply personal memoir recounts Kit's initially secret journey that would change her life forever. From braving Antarctica's bone-chilling temperatures to trudging through an African rainforest, from corn snow on the slopes of Australia to blue ice on Everest, Kit leads you up each mountain and gives you a heart-racing ride back down. This candid, fast-paced story shows how in¬spiration, teamwork, and honoring our true nature blazes the trail to every summit, on or off the mountain.

Table of contents

• Higher Love
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Prologue
• Play the Game
• Fingerprints
• Ten-Year Wind and Snow
• There But for the Grace Of God
• This Time From the Top
• The Dream Comes True
• “Your Passport Sure Will Be Full”
• Russia’s Secret Hanging Valley
• Adventure Travel At Its Finest
• Going It Alone (And Sick)
• Landing On Ice, Walking On Eggshells
• “No One Can Make Me Leave”
• Committed and Clear
• Switching Partners
• Racing The Devil
• “Just Say What You Did”
• Called Out On A Technicality
• Sending In Special Ops
• “Leaving The Valley”
• Don’t Rush The Mountain
• Happy Anniversary!
• An Inner Journey
• “Who Calls This The Easy Way?”
• The Summit
• “Do Not Sit Down And Die”
• “Like Your Life Depends On It”
• Freeing The Spirit
• Afterword
• Acknowledgments