Second Ascent

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Summary: Touching, intimate story of true grit and good character.
Review: It seems like a simple story: Boy meets climbing, boy loses legs, boy learns to climb again and rediscovers the joys of life. But nothing about the story is really that simple - its just like real life, complicated, sometimes perplexing. Alison's vivid and intimate depiction of this true-life heroic tale is masterful, and the hero of the tale is Hugh's terrible and terrific struggle back from losing his legs to again being the filled-with-the-joy-of-life person (and incidentally, a pretty darn good climber) at a more mature level than previously possible. A hidden classic.

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Summary: second ascent:the story of hugh herr
Review: this was a very good book and i would recommend it to anyone that likes to read about a good struggle and that thinks they have it hard.