{"product_id":"everest-and-the-rest-of-us-cycling-rowing-trekking-and-the-quest-for-meaning-paperback","title":"Everest and the Rest of Us: Cycling, Rowing, Trekking, and the Quest for Meaning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Nehring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I loved delving into the deeper meanings of our search for new, challenging experiences. It's a unique and fascinating adventure tale. 5 stars!\" -Joan Griffin, author of \u003cem\u003eForce of Nature: Three Women Tackle the John Muir Trail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic bike ride across the United States turns nearly to tragedy. A rowing journey along the East coast through storms and tidal surges tests physical and mental limits and forces a reckoning with life's priorities. A five-hundred-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain triggers personal and spiritual renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a part-time adventurer takes the progressive ideas that defined his career as a teacher-real world problem solving, expeditionary learning, following your passion-and turns them on himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverest and the Rest of Us: Four Journeys in Search of Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e delivers an exciting, three-part tale of cross-country cycling, coastal rowing, and trekking on the Camino de Santiago, by turns suspenseful and comic, painful and triumphant. The fourth journey? Examining why we pursue adventure-pushing our limits, the thrill of taking risks and facing danger, renewal that comes from stepping outside our daily routines, personal empowerment from a challenge met-and exploring the gendered and racialized history of adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us will never climb Mt. Everest, surf a fifty-foot monster wave off Hawaii, or row single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean. But everyone loves a good adventure. \u003cem\u003eEverest and the Rest of Us\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the adventurous spirit in us all!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979096817965,"sku":"9781685137021","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/HN8XsJx5Vn9781685137021.webp?v=1775818961","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/everest-and-the-rest-of-us-cycling-rowing-trekking-and-the-quest-for-meaning-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}