One More Step: My Story of Living with Cerebral Palsy, Climbing Kilimanjaro, and Surviving the Hardest Race on Earth

作者: Bonner Paddock ; Neal Bascomb

出版社:HarperCollins

出版時間:2016-03

虛構:非虛構

ISBN:9780062295606

1家庭擁有

0條書評筆記

在小花生App為孩子
建立免費電子書房

寫書評

圖書介紹

In this exhilarating and inspirational memoir, the first man with cerebral palsy to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and complete the brutal Ironman competition shares the exhilarating adventure that led to his achievementsredefining our ideas of normal and proving that life is never truly limited for any of us.
Bonner Paddock summited 19,341 foot-high Mount Kilimanjaro, the worlds tallest freestanding mountain. Four years later, he earned the elite triathlete title, Kona Ironman. Thousands have done each individually. Bonner is the first person with cerebral palsy to do both.
Diagnosed in his youth, Bonner swore he wouldnt let this neurological disorder limit him, and for twenty-nine years he guarded the truth about his health. But the sudden death of a friends young son who also suffered from CP forced Bonner to reevaluate his life. No longer would he be content striving for normal. Instead he would live life to its fullest, pursuing one breathtaking experience at a timewhile raising money for special needs children along the wayand never turn down a challenge for fear of his physical limitations.
His is a remarkable journey that has taken him across the globe and introduced him to a f... (展開)

還沒有花友書評，開始