Seven Summits (60 page)

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UMMITS

TWO UNDAUNTED MEN

Frank Wells was the head of a major motion picture studio. Dick Bass had made his fortune as an energy and resort entrepreneur. In middle age, both men left behind home, family, and successful careers to share an impossible dream.

SEVEN UNCONQUERED SUMMITS

The challenge: be the first to climb the highest mountain on each of seven continents, from McKinley to Kilimanjaro to Everest. The obstacles: many and merciless, from ice storms to illness to a measurement question that threatened to make their record-breaking expedition a sham. The prize: the sheer, exhilarating triumph of standing at the top of every continent on earth.

“It's a great adventure story, filled with heroics, tragedy, humor, and, ultimately, the triumph of the human spirit.
Seven Summits
should be required reading for all who need a reminder of the importance of pursuing your dreams.”

—Tom Brokaw

“[A] story of determination, grit, humor and sensitivity …. You won't put this one down.”

—
USA Today

“I think we all experience at one time or another that feared regret that there is something we should have done in our life. Frank and Dick will never have that concern. This is a completely admirable achievement. My only regret is that I wasn't there with them.” —Robert Redford

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