"'People like us don't climb mountains like Everest' --Bonita Norris' mum, 2008. On 17 May 2010 Bonita Norris fell to her knees at the highest point on planet Earth. She was 22 years old. It had taken nearly two years of training and planning to realise this moment, much to the horror and angst of her family and friends who knew her not as a mountaineer, but as Bonnie--the clumsy clot. Surveying the world beneath her from 29, 035 feet, now all she had to do was get back down alive. . . What drives us to go to our limits and beyond? What does it take to make dreams come true over all else? And how can you turn fear into courage? [This] is Bonita Norris' account of what it took for a girl from Wokingham with no mountaineering background to set her sights on climbing the world's highest peak. But Bonita's story did not end once she reached her goal. Standing on the top of the world, she couldn't know what was about to happen next. A fall on her descent became a near deadly mistake and left Bonita bereft by how her greatest success had turned into her biggest failure. But refusing to let her darkest moments define her; Bonita drove herself onwards and used her mistakes on Everest to inspire her future climbing achievements. This is a story about failure, about how it can blindside us at any moment, but also become our greatest motivation to succeed. This is a story about not giving up, and finding the resilience to keep following our hearts even in our darkest hours. [This] is an indispensable and important book for anyone who has ever doubted their potential or put limits on themselves--whatever challenge you face or ambitions you want to achieve, this book will inspire you to trust your instincts."--Dust jacket.
