Tap Dancing on Everest
Book description
The plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, which had only been successfully climbed once before. Unlike the first large team, Mimi Zieman and her team…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Tap Dancing on Everest as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
First--the premise: a NY city medical student pauses her studies to make an Everest expedition. I mean, the intrigue of that alone makes the book a must-read. Second--the writing: Gorgeous. Evocative. Suspenseful. Third-- the author's character. She literally tap-danced on Everest. If you think you can't do hard things, this book will show you otherwise!
Written in the clear, engaging prose that makes this book a page-turner, Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure will make you think deeply about how a combination of our family’s history and our own desires impact who we become. Mimi Zieman writes honestly about so much more than her role as the only woman and doctor (while still a medical student) on a dangerous ascent of the world’s highest mountain. Long before the peaks of Everest were on her radar, Mimi, whose father was the only survivor of the Holocaust in his own family, searched for ways…
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